Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE

(b. 2 September 1725 , Chambly, Canada, New France d. 21 April 1794 , Chambly, Lower Canada )

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Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE was born 2 September 1725 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE was the child of Jean GAREAU dit ST-ONGE and Thérèse LEBEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAREAU dit ST-ONGE and Anne TALBOT (maternal) Jean BAU (LEBEAU) dit LALOUETTE and Etiennette LORET

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

Joseph married Ursule-Louise MAILLOT 16 November 1750 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Ursule-Louise MAILLOT was born 15 December 1722 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Ursule-Louise died 15 December 1814 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Ursule-Louise was the child of Jean MAILLOT and Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE.

Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE died 21 April 1794 in Chambly, Lower Canada .
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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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Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE married

Ursule-Louise MAILLOT-- Date: 16 November 1750 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Ursule-Louise MAILLOT was the child of Jean MAILLOT and Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE

Children of Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE and Ursule-Louise MAILLOT:

Pierre GAREAU dit ST-ONGE (b.26 March 1756, Chambly, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie Angelique VALADE dite DUSSAULT 3 June 1777 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marie-Angélique GAREAU dite ST-ONGE (b.abt. 1764, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Marie MASSÉ dit SANCERRE 31 March 1788 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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1725 Birth
2 September 1725
Chambly, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE and Ursule-Louise MAILLOT 16 November 1750, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

He was 25 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1756 Birth of Child
Pierre GAREAU dit ST-ONGE was born 26 March 1756, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph was 30 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Pierre GAREAU dit ST-ONGE married 3 June 1777, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Marie Angelique VALADE dite DUSSAULT

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angélique GAREAU dite ST-ONGE married 31 March 1788, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Jean-Marie MASSÉ dit SANCERRE

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

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