Jean-Baptiste DION

(b. 17 July 1765 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 July 1820 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DION was born 17 July 1765 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste DION was the child of Jean-Baptiste GUYON (DION) and Genevieve MORISSET (MORISSETTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GUYON (DION) and Marie-Brigitte BAUCHER dite MORENCY (maternal) Nicolas MORISSET and Marie-Anne CLOUTIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Baptiste married Francoise LEMIEUX 25 June 1794 in L'Islet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Francoise LEMIEUX was born 21 February 1771 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Francoise died 4 May 1848 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Francoise was the child of Louis-Augustin LEMIEUX and Monique BERNIER.

Jean-Baptiste DION died 31 July 1820 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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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Jean-Baptiste DION married

Francoise LEMIEUX-- Date: 25 June 1794 Place: L'Islet, Lower Canada
Francoise LEMIEUX was the child of Louis-Augustin LEMIEUX and Monique BERNIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste DION and Francoise LEMIEUX:

Francois DION (b.1 August 1804, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada d. 27 December 1860, St-Arsène, Canada)
m. Mathilde BERUBE 6 August 1833 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Marcelline DION (b.16 March 1810, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada d. 13 March 1886, St-Antonin, Canada)
m. Louis CARON 17 February 1829

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1765 Birth
17 July 1765
Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

1794 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DION and Francoise LEMIEUX 25 June 1794, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 28 years old.

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

1804 Birth of Child
Francois DION was born 1 August 1804, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Marcelline DION was born 16 March 1810, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Jean-Baptiste was 44 years old.

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.