Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE

(b. 15 June 1761 , Contrecœur, Canada d. 5 May 1874 , Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE was born 15 June 1761 in Contrecœur, Canada

Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE was the child of Joseph GAREAU dit ST ONGE and Marie-Josephte MORVAN (MORVENT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles GAREAU dit ST-ONGE and Marie-Josephte DEGUIRE dite LAROSE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MORVAN and Marie-Josephte BARBEAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Marie-Louise BROUILLET 28 October 1782 in Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise BROUILLET was born 5 September 1758 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Louise died 11 September 1833 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie-Louise was the child of Pierre BROUILLET and Marguerite LEFORT.

Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE died 5 May 1874 in Vaudreuil, Québec, 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 GAREAU dit ST-ONGE married

Marie-Louise BROUILLET-- Date: 28 October 1782 Place: Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise BROUILLET was the child of Pierre BROUILLET and Marguerite LEFORT

Children of Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE and Marie-Louise BROUILLET:

Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE (b.30 November 1785, Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Louise MENARD 15 August 1808 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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1761 Birth
15 June 1761
Contrecœur, 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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE and Marie-Louise BROUILLET 28 October 1782, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

He was 21 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE was born 30 November 1785, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Joseph was 24 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)

1808 Marriage of Child
Joseph GAREAU dit ST-ONGE married 15 August 1808, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Marie-Louise MENARD

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)

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

1833 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise BROUILLET died 11 September 1833, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.