Brief Life History of Gabriel
When Gabriel Caron was born on 20 July 1771, his father, Michel Caron, was 37 and his mother, Marie Josephe Parent, was 34. He married Marie Therese Beland on 7 November 1796, in Louiseville, Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 13 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 2 October 1837, in Louiseville, Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 66, and was buried in Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Maurice, Lower Canada, British Colonial America.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Baptême, Ignace Carron, "Canada, Quebec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979,"
Spouse and Children
1771–1837 Male
1780–1852 Female
Children (17)
1797–1862 Male
1799–1802 Male
1801–1862 Male
1803–1855 Female
1804– Female
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Parents and Siblings
1734–1800 Male
1736–1783 Female
Siblings (16)
1757–1757 Female
1758–1823 Male
1761–1839 Male
1763–1831 Male
1765–1840 Male
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Normand, Marcel, Andre, Lucien, Pierre, Fernand, Emile, Gaston, Laurent, Adrien, Alcide.
French and Walloon; Flemish and Dutch (of French origin): metonymic occupational name for a carter, or possibly a cartwright, from caron, a Norman-Picard form of Old French charron ‘carter’ or ‘cartwright’.
French: from a personal name of Gaulish origin, represented in Latin records in the form Caraunus. This name was borne by a 5th-century Breton saint who lived at Chartres and was murdered by robbers; his legend led to its widespread use as a personal name during the Middle Ages. Compare Carron , Carrow 2, Coron 1, and Corrow .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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