Basile GUYON (DION)

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23 December 1733 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

7 July 1822 , L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

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Jean GUYON Marthe BAUCHER

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Born: 23 December 1733 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Jean GUYON

Mother: Marthe BAUCHER

Paternal grandparents: Claude GUYON , Marie-Madeleine LEHOUX

Maternal grandparents: Joseph BAUCHER , Marthe LEMIEUX

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Basile married Marie CÔTÉ abt. 1762 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie CÔTÉ was born 11 October 1739 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie was the child of Prisque-Pierre CÔTÉ and Ursule BERNIER.

Basile GUYON (DION) died 7 July 1822 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower 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.

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Marie CÔTÉ
Marriage date: abt. 1762
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie CÔTÉ was the child of Prisque-Pierre CÔTÉ and Ursule BERNIER

Children of Basile GUYON (DION) and Marie CÔTÉ

Basile GUYON (DION)

Born: 31 October 1763, Trois-Pistoles, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 15 March 1823, L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

Married: Catherine LAINÉ 24 January 1791 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Jean DION

Born: abt. 1773, L'Isle-Verte, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 8 July 1836, L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

Married: Marie SIMON 18 November 1799 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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Birth — 1733
23 December 1733
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Basile GUYON (DION) was born 31 October 1763, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Basile was 29 years old.

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)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Marriage of Child
Basile GUYON (DION) married 24 January 1791, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Catherine LAINÉ

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1799 Marriage of Child
Jean DION married 18 November 1799, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Marie SIMON

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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