Louise BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE

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3 November 1747 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

22 November 1806 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Nicolas BOISSONNEAU dit ST-ONGE Marie-Louise NORMAND

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Born: 3 November 1747 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Nicolas BOISSONNEAU dit ST-ONGE

Mother: Marie-Louise NORMAND

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas BOISSONNEAU dit ST-ONGE , Jeanne POISSON

Maternal grandparents: Charles NORMAND , Catherine-Francoise BOUTIN

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Louise married Jacques PERREAULT 5 January 1770 in Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques PERREAULT was born 23 August 1744 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Jacques died 5 January 1804 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Jacques was the child of Jacques PERREAULT and Elisabeth NAVERS.

Louise BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE died 22 November 1806 in Montréal, 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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Louise BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE married

Jacques PERREAULT
Marriage date: 5 January 1770
Marriage place: Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques PERREAULT was the child of Jacques PERREAULT and Elisabeth NAVERS

Children of Jacques PERREAULT and Louise BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE

Marie-Louise PERREAULT

Born: 14 May 1771, Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Francois CHARBONNEAU 21 April 1793 Place: Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

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Birth — 1747
3 November 1747
Québec, 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Louise BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE and Jacques PERREAULT 5 January 1770, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

She was 22 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise PERREAULT was born 14 May 1771, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Louise was 23 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.

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)

1793 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise PERREAULT married 21 April 1793, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Francois CHARBONNEAU

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