Jerome ST-ONGE dit PAYANT

(b. 31 January 1768 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 July 1847 , Chicoutimi, Canada East )

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Jerome ST-ONGE dit PAYANT was born 31 January 1768 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada

Jerome ST-ONGE dit PAYANT was the child of Jacques-Francois PAYANT dit ST-ONGE and Marie-Francoise RIVARD dite LACOURSIERE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques PAYANT dit ST-ONGE and Marguerite SEDILOT (maternal) François RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Geneviève CHAINE (CHESNE)

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

Jerome married Marguerite Anne MATSHISKUESH (MONTAGNAIS) abt. 1805 . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite Anne MATSHISKUESH (MONTAGNAIS) was born abt. 1780

Jerome ST-ONGE dit PAYANT died 14 July 1847 in Chicoutimi, Canada East .
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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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Jerome ST-ONGE dit PAYANT married

Marguerite Anne MATSHISKUESH (MONTAGNAIS)-- Date: abt. 1805 Place:

Children of Jerome ST-ONGE dit PAYANT and Marguerite Anne MATSHISKUESH (MONTAGNAIS):

Jerome ST-ONGE (b.abt. 1806, , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 January 1889, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Monique TREMBLAY 30 April 1827 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Christine ST-ONGE (b.14 March 1822, Le Poste du Roi, Lower Canada d. 5 February 1850, Chicoutimi, Canada East )
m. Michel TREMBLAY 16 July 1840

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1768 Birth
31 January 1768
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Christine ST-ONGE was born 14 March 1822, Le Poste du Roi, Québec, Canada

Jerome was 54 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Marriage of Child
Jerome ST-ONGE married 30 April 1827, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Monique TREMBLAY

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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)