Marie-Anne GROTON dite ST-ONGE

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5 March 1739 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

22 March 1813 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Dominique GROTON Marie-Catherine FRETE dite LAMOTHE

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Born: 5 March 1739 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Dominique GROTON

Mother: Marie-Catherine FRETE dite LAMOTHE

Paternal grandparents: Robert GROTON , Marguerite-Louise CREVIER

Maternal grandparents: François FRETE dit LAMOTHE , Marguerite POITHIER (POITIERS)

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Marie-Anne married Augustin-Charles MASSON 26 September 1763 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Augustin-Charles MASSON was born 23 November 1732 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Augustin-Charles was the child of Jean-François MASSON and Louise PARÉ.

Marie-Anne married (2) Jacques TOURON 30 October 1780 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . Jacques TOURON was born 30 July 1737 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Jacques was the child of Pierre TOURON and Jeanne DUBEAU.

Marie-Anne GROTON dite ST-ONGE died 22 March 1813 in Montréal, Lower Canada .

m. Masson Augustin-Charles
m. Touron Jacques

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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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Marie-Anne GROTON dite ST-ONGE married

Augustin-Charles MASSON
Marriage date: 26 September 1763
Marriage place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Augustin-Charles MASSON was the child of Jean-François MASSON and Louise PARÉ

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Marie-Anne GROTON dite ST-ONGE married

Jacques TOURON
Marriage date: 30 October 1780
Marriage place: Saint-Martin, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques TOURON was the child of Pierre TOURON and Jeanne DUBEAU

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Birth — 1739
5 March 1739
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne GROTON dite ST-ONGE and Augustin-Charles MASSON 26 September 1763, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

She was 24 years old.

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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne GROTON dite ST-ONGE and Jacques TOURON 30 October 1780, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

She was 41 years old.

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)