Pierre GUYON (DION)

Born

27 May 1830 , L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

Died

17 September 1887 , Saint-Marcellin, Escoumins, Saguenay, Québec, Canada

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Jean DION Marie SIMON

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Born: 27 May 1830 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

Father: Jean DION

Mother: Marie SIMON

Paternal grandparents: Basile GUYON (DION) , Marie CÔTÉ

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste SIMON (CIMON) , Angelique-Salomee MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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Pierre married Marie MOREAU 11 January 1848 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie MOREAU was born 15 April 1827 in Les Escoumins, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada. Marie died 10 February 1854 in Les Escoumins, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada. Marie was the child of Joseph MOREAU and Marie LATSHIMAPIMAT VOLANT.

Pierre GUYON (DION) died 17 September 1887 in Saint-Marcellin, Escoumins, Saguenay, Québec, 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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Pierre GUYON (DION) married

Marie MOREAU
Marriage date: 11 January 1848
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Marie MOREAU was the child of Joseph MOREAU and Marie LATSHIMAPIMAT VOLANT

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Joseph DION

Born: 27 July 1850, Les Escoumins, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada
Died: 3 July 1921, Bonfield, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

Married: Josephine Marie BOISSONNEAULT 8 January 1878

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Birth — 1830
27 May 1830
L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GUYON (DION) and Marie MOREAU 11 January 1848, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 17 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Joseph DION was born 27 July 1850, Les Escoumins, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada

Pierre was 20 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie MOREAU died 10 February 1854, Les Escoumins, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.