Joseph PAYANT dit ST-ONGE

(b. 19 March 1761 , Kamouraska, Canada d. 25 August 1830 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Joseph PAYANT dit ST-ONGE was born 19 March 1761 in Kamouraska, Canada

Joseph PAYANT dit ST-ONGE was the child of Jean-Marie PAYANT dit ST-ONGE and Rosalie LEBEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Jacques PAYANT dit ST-ONGE and Marie-Jeanne LEGRIS dite LEPINE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LEBEL and Jeanne-Anne DUPERE

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Joseph married Marie-Marthe SOUCY 30 July 1798 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marthe SOUCY was born 20 December 1763 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Marthe was the child of Charles-Joseph SOUCY and Marie-Louise PARADIS.

Joseph PAYANT dit ST-ONGE died 25 August 1830 in Kamouraska, 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 PAYANT dit ST-ONGE married

Marie-Marthe SOUCY-- Date: 30 July 1798 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Marie-Marthe SOUCY was the child of Charles-Joseph SOUCY and Marie-Louise PARADIS

Children of Joseph PAYANT dit ST-ONGE and Marie-Marthe SOUCY:

Angele PAYANT dite ST-ONGE (b.5 August 1803, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 4 June 1891, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )
m. Moise BEAULIEU dit HUDON 1 September 1823 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1761 Birth
19 March 1761
Kamouraska, Canada

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.

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)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PAYANT dit ST-ONGE and Marie-Marthe SOUCY 30 July 1798, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 37 years old.

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

1803 Birth of Child
Angele PAYANT dite ST-ONGE was born 5 August 1803, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Joseph was 42 years old.

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

1823 Marriage of Child
Angele PAYANT dite ST-ONGE married 1 September 1823, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Moise BEAULIEU dit HUDON

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)

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