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This page is dedicated to researchers of all variations of the CARON family surname, including CARON, CARRON, CHARON, and CARROW. If you would like to correspond with other Caron researchers, please sign the guestbook at the bottom of this page. If you have additions, corrections, or questions about the information on these pages please email the webmaster. Please note that not of all of the information in these pages has been independently verified, and should only be used as a guide for your own research. There are two main lines of CARON descendants in North America, both originating in France and then coming to Nouvelle-France, or Canada. One of these lines descended from Robert Caron, the other from Claude Caron. There is some speculation that these two men were related through their ancestors in France, but the link has not been proven.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ROBERT CARON~ Robert Caron is believed to have been born about 1611, in L'eveche of Rochelle, Aunis, France. He arrived in Quebec June 4 1634. He married Marie Crevet, daughter of Pierre Crevet and Marie LeMercier, on October 25 1637. They had seven children: Marie, Jean Baptiste, Robert, Catherine, Joseph, Pierre, and Aimée. Their daughter, Marie Caron, born about 1638, married Jean Picard in 1656. On June 5, 1660, A party of Huron and Iroquois Indians captured her and four children. They were intercepted by the French, who were accompanied by Algonquins, but she was killed in the battle. Her daughter, Louise Picard, born in 1659, married Louis Gagne in 1673. Jean Baptiste Caron, born July 10, 1641, married Margurite Gagnon in 1661. Robert Caron, son of Robert and Marie, born February 10, 1647, married Marguerite Cloutier in 1674. Catherine, born November 23, 1649, married Jacques Dodier in 1662 and after his death, married Pierre Dupre in 1680. Joseph, born March 19, 1652, married Elisabeth Bernier in 1683. Pierre, born July 11, 1654 married Marie-Michelle Bernier in 1678. Aimée, born about 1656, married Noël Langlois. Robert Caron died on July 08,
1656, at the age of 45. Marie Crevet Caron later married
Noël Langlois, father-in-law of her daughter Aimée, on
July 27, 1666. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~CLAUDE CARON~
The second prominent Caron line of French Canada descended from Claude Caron, born about 1615 in Aubrigoux, Le Puy, Clermont, France. His son, Claude (often referred to as Claude Caron I because he was the first of this line in Canada) was born in 1641 in St. Jean, Diocese de Clermont, Auvergne, France, and married Madeleine Varennes in France in 1671. They came to Canada in that year, settling in Laprairie. He died September 18, 1708 in Montreal. Madeleine died March 18, 1727 also in Montreal. Their children were Louise, born 1671who in 1688 married Jean Baptiste Tessier dit Lavinge. Claude, born August 1, 1672 married Elisabeth Perthuis in 1695 and later, Marguerite Jeanne Boyer in 1703. Vital Caron, born April 11, 1673 married Marie Perthuis, sister of Elisabeth, in 1698. Madeleine was born October 20, 1674 and died in 1687. Jean was born in 1675 and died in 1687. Jeanne, born 1677 also died 1687. Mathieu was born 1679 and died 1684. Marie was born August 8 1680, married Urban Gervaise in 1696, and died in 1699. Catherine Caron was born in 1683 and died the following year. The descendants of Louise Caron and Jean Baptiste Tessier dit Lavinge traveled to Ste. Genevieve, Missouri and settled there. Their descendants' family names include Tessier, Thomure, LaSource, Placet, Bequette, Charleville, Drury, and Aubuchon. Seven generations later, one of their descendants, Mathilda Charleville, married Jean Francois Carron, who had descended from Claude I and his son, Claude Caron II. The children of Claude II and Elisabeth Perthuis appear to have stayed in Canada. Several of the children of Claude II and his second wife, Marguerite Boyer went to Ste. Genevieve. Their son, Claude III, who married Charlotte Francoise LaChenais, was said to be one of a group of men killed by Indians at Mine LaMotte. His son, Louis Caron married Marguerite Vallé, daughter "naturel" of Francois Vallé, the Commandant of Ste. Genevieve and an Indian woman. Descendants of Claude II include several prominent French-Canadian names of the Ste. Genevieve area such as Vallé, Gouvreau, and Lalumondiere as well as Aubuchon, Drury, and others. There are many Carons, Carrons, and Carrows in the area today, the descendants of this line. Several of their cemetery markers are included in the cemeteries on the Family Pages.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ORIGIN OF THE CARON NAME~ The name was popularized by the worship of Saint Caron, bishop of Chartres in the 5th century, who was assassinated. The version Chéron is frequent in Normandy. It is also used in the names of several french villages or cities, such as Saint-Chéron, Cheronvilliers, Saint Cheron d'ou Chemin, etc. It is frequently found in Nord - Pas de Calais, in Picardy and Normandy. As a trade name, it was associated with the profession of a cartwright (resulting from Latin carrum, word of Gallic origin which indicated a cart or tank with four wheels). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~Books~ Available directly from Amazon.com Colonial Ste. Genevieve : An Adventure on the Mississippi Frontier $16.95 - by Carl J. Ekberg - Many have written about Ste. Genevieve, MO, the oldest permanent European settlement in what once was the Upper Louisiana Territory. No one has created a more insightful or more scholarly look at 18th century life in the small Mississippi River town, however, than Carl J. Ekberg has done in his Colonial Ste. Genevieve. For anyone with an interest in French or Spanish Colonial settlements in the Louisiana Territory, or in the history of Missouri, this is a must-buy and must-read. Ste. Genevieve was and is a unique community and Ekberg's is the defining scholarly work on the town. Extensive genealogical and historical information on this area. The Story of Old Ste. Genevieve $10.80 - by Gregory M. Franzwa. An excellent history of the people and their homes in this historical town. Unique study of the architecture and family history of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Many photographs of the historical homes of early French-Canadian settlers. History of Missouri : Embracing an Historical Account of the Counties of Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Butler, Wayne and Iron $52.20 - over 1,200 pages, a massive reprint of the original 1888 historical and genealogical history of these historic counties. Numerous engravings of early pioneers of the area, along with family histories. Fully indexed, a must-have for researchers of families who settled in the Mississippi valley. Click here for a selection of books on Canadian history and genealogy. Please be patient while the graphics load. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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