François METAYER dit ST-ONGE

(b. 27 May 1710 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 27 January 1789 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada )

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François METAYER dit ST-ONGE was born 27 May 1710 in Québec, Canada, New France

François METAYER dit ST-ONGE was the child of Pierre METAYER dit ST-ONGE and Geneviève LEDUC and the grandchild of: (maternal) René LEDUC and Anne GENDREAU

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François married Marie-Madeleine MICHEL dite TAILLON 8 July 1738 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Madeleine MICHEL dite TAILLON was born 22 May 1719 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine died 30 June 1788 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Pierre MICHEL dit TAILLON and Marie-Jeanne BARON.

François METAYER dit ST-ONGE died 27 January 1789 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of 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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François METAYER dit ST-ONGE married

Marie-Madeleine MICHEL dite TAILLON-- Date: 8 July 1738 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine MICHEL dite TAILLON was the child of Pierre MICHEL dit TAILLON and Marie-Jeanne BARON

Children of François METAYER dit ST-ONGE and Marie-Madeleine MICHEL dite TAILLON:

Joseph METAYER dit ST-ONGE (b.26 April 1739, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 16 October 1803, Repentigny, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephe MARTIN dite VERSAILLES 5 March 1764 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Louise METAYER dite ST-ONGE (b.abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada d. 11 February 1794, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )
m. Gabriel CARRIERE 2 October 1786 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1710 Birth
27 May 1710
Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1738 Marriage / Partner
François METAYER dit ST-ONGE and Marie-Madeleine MICHEL dite TAILLON 8 July 1738 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Joseph METAYER dit ST-ONGE was born 26 April 1739, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

François was 28 years old.

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Joseph METAYER dit ST-ONGE married 5 March 1764, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Marie-Josephe MARTIN dite VERSAILLES

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)

1786 Marriage of Child
Louise METAYER dite ST-ONGE married 2 October 1786, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Gabriel CARRIERE

1788 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Madeleine MICHEL dite TAILLON died 30 June 1788 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1789 Death
27 January 1789
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 78.

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