Alexis PAYANT dit ST-ONGE

(b. 17 April 1751 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France d. 15 August 1794 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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Alexis PAYANT dit ST-ONGE was born 17 April 1751 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France

Alexis PAYANT dit ST-ONGE 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):

Alexis married Cecile LEDOUX 12 February 1776 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Cecile LEDOUX was born abt. 1755 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Cecile died abt. 1843 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Cecile was the child of Gabriel LEDOUX and Cecile GAREAU dite ST-ONGE.

Alexis PAYANT dit ST-ONGE died 15 August 1794 in Saint-Ours, 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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Alexis PAYANT dit ST-ONGE married

Cecile LEDOUX-- Date: 12 February 1776 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Cecile LEDOUX was the child of Gabriel LEDOUX and Cecile GAREAU dite ST-ONGE

Children of Alexis PAYANT dit ST-ONGE and Cecile LEDOUX:

Antoine PAYANT dit ST-ONGE (b.13 September 1783, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Josephe REGEAS dite LAPRADE 18 November 1811 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

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1751 Birth
17 April 1751
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, 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.

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Alexis PAYANT dit ST-ONGE and Cecile LEDOUX 12 February 1776, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 24 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Antoine PAYANT dit ST-ONGE was born 13 September 1783, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Alexis was 32 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)