Brigitte GUYON (DION)

(b. 1 June 1753 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 23 June 1819 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Brigitte GUYON (DION) was born 1 June 1753 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Brigitte GUYON (DION) was the child of Joseph-Marie GUYON and Marie-Felicite MARTINEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude GUYON and Françoise GAGNON (maternal) Pierre MARTINEAU and Geneviève LABBE

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Brigitte married Louis-Marie EMOND 2 March 1778 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Marie EMOND was born 1 November 1754 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Louis-Marie died 21 July 1830 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Louis-Marie was the child of François-Jean EMOND and Elisabeth GENDRON.

Brigitte GUYON (DION) died 23 June 1819 in Québec, 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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Brigitte GUYON (DION) married

Louis-Marie EMOND-- Date: 2 March 1778 Place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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Louis-Marie EMOND was the child of François-Jean EMOND and Elisabeth GENDRON

Children of Louis-Marie EMOND and Brigitte GUYON (DION):

Madeleine EMOND (b.7 March 1787, Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Francois-Nicolas BELANGER 29 September 1806 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

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1753 Birth
1 June 1753
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Brigitte GUYON (DION) and Louis-Marie EMOND 2 March 1778, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 24 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Madeleine EMOND was born 7 March 1787, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Brigitte was 33 years old.

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

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

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

1806 Marriage of Child
Madeleine EMOND married 29 September 1806, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Francois-Nicolas BELANGER

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.