The St. Onge Family link to the Livingston Family
Joseph and his family were recorded as active citizens in the Metis community of Penetanguishene as early as 1820. Joseph, along with his two sons Antoine (St.Onge) and Toussaint and 20 others, documented their Metis status when they signed the 1840 Petition of Penetanguishene Half Breeds, which was sent to the Governor General to request similar benefits that had been provided to the First Nations of the area. Some of the benefits described by Deputy Superintendent of the Department of Indian Affairs Duncan C. Scott in "Indian Affairs, 1840-1867", (in Adam Shortt and Arthur Doughty, eds., Canada and Its Provinces , Vol. V., Toronto, Glasgow, Brook and Company, 1914, pp. 331-362) as: The legal definition of the term 'Indian' was always more inclusive in the lower province, admitting all persons intermarried with Indians, all persons of Indian blood residing among Indians, and all persons adopted in infanc...