Nicolas TONDU dit ST ONGE

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20 October 1760 , Beauharnois, Canada

Died

12 August 1832 , Beauharnois, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste TONDU Marie-Angélique MARTINET

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Born: 20 October 1760 in Beauharnois, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste TONDU

Mother: Marie-Angélique MARTINET

Maternal grandparents: Antoine-Louis MARTINET , Marie-Suzanne PLEAU dite BELLEAU

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Nicolas married Louise-Catherine DUMOUCHEL 13 January 1788 in Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise-Catherine DUMOUCHEL was born 18 February 1768 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Louise-Catherine died 8 August 1857 in Beauharnois, Québec, Canada. Louise-Catherine was the child of Paul-Louis DUMOUCHEL and Marie-Catherine PICARD.

Nicolas TONDU dit ST ONGE died 12 August 1832 in Beauharnois, 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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Nicolas TONDU dit ST ONGE married

Louise-Catherine DUMOUCHEL
Marriage date: 13 January 1788
Marriage place: Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Louise-Catherine DUMOUCHEL was the child of Paul-Louis DUMOUCHEL and Marie-Catherine PICARD

Children of Nicolas TONDU dit ST ONGE and Louise-Catherine DUMOUCHEL

Charles TONDU dit ST ONGE

Born: 29 May 1800, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada
Died: 14 March 1854, Beauharnois, Canada East

Married: Anne-Amable LEDUC 9 August 1825 Place: Beauharnois, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1760
20 October 1760
Beauharnois, 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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas TONDU dit ST ONGE and Louise-Catherine DUMOUCHEL 13 January 1788, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

He was 27 years old.

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)

1800 Birth of Child
Charles TONDU dit ST ONGE was born 29 May 1800, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Nicolas was 39 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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Marriage of Child
Charles TONDU dit ST ONGE married 9 August 1825, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada to Anne-Amable LEDUC

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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England