Guillaume JOHNSON (JANSON)

Born

July 1722 , Acadia, Canada

Died

7 December 1806 , Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada

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William (Guillaume) JOHNSON dit JEANSON Isabelle Élisabeth CORPORON

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Guillaume JOHNSON (JANSON) was born July 1722 in Acadia, Canada

Guillaume JOHNSON (JANSON) was the child of William (Guillaume) JOHNSON dit JEANSON and Isabelle Élisabeth CORPORON

and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean CORPORON and Françoise SAVOIE

Guillaume was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Guillaume married Marie Josephe AUCOIN abt. 1743 in Acadia, Canada . Marie Josephe AUCOIN was born 19 April 1722 in Canard, Nova Scotia, Canada (Riviere Aux Canards, Acadia). Marie Josephe was the child of Pierre AUCOIN and Catherine COMEAU.

Guillaume JOHNSON (JANSON) died 7 December 1806 in Carleton-sur-Mer, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie Josephe AUCOIN-- Date: abt. 1743 Place: , Acadia, Canada
Marie Josephe AUCOIN was the child of Pierre AUCOIN and Catherine COMEAU

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1722 Birth
July 1722
Acadia, Canada

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.

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.