Paul PAYANT dit ST-ONGE

(b. 19 May 1837 , Napierville, Lower Canada d. 14 December 1903 , Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada )

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Paul PAYANT dit ST-ONGE was born 19 May 1837 in Napierville, Lower Canada

Paul PAYANT dit ST-ONGE was the child of Paul PAYANT and Marie-Archange TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul PAYANT and Marie-Reine FOUCHER (maternal) Augustin TREMBLAY and Marie-Agathe DENIAU (DAIGNEAU)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Paul married Philomene TREMBLAY 8 September 1862 in Lacolle, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Philomene TREMBLAY was born abt. 1838 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Philomene was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Ursule BROSSEAU.

Paul PAYANT dit ST-ONGE died 14 December 1903 in Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada .

m (2). Philomene Giroux 18 Avril 1870 in St-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Family and Children of Paul PAYANT dit ST-ONGE

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Paul PAYANT dit ST-ONGE married

Philomene TREMBLAY-- Date: 8 September 1862 Place: Lacolle, Canada East

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Philomene TREMBLAY was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Ursule BROSSEAU

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Children of Paul PAYANT dit ST-ONGE and Philomene TREMBLAY:

Paul-Napoleon ST-ONGE dit PAYANT (b.4 January 1864, Lacolle, Canada East d. abt. 1929, )

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1837 Birth
19 May 1837
Napierville, Lower Canada

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Marriage / Partner
Paul PAYANT dit ST-ONGE and Philomene TREMBLAY 8 September 1862, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

He was 25 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Paul-Napoleon ST-ONGE dit PAYANT was born 4 January 1864, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Paul was 26 years old.

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.