Nicolas GUYON dit DU BUISSON

(b. 13 February 1655 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 6 February 1685 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France )

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Nicolas GUYON dit DU BUISSON was born 13 February 1655 in Québec, Canada, New France

Nicolas GUYON dit DU BUISSON was the child of Jean GUYON SIEUR DU BUISSON (GUION) and Elisabeth COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GUYON and Mathurine ROBIN (maternal) Guillaume COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY and Marie-Guillemette HÉBERT

Nicolas GUYON dit DU BUISSON died 6 February 1685 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France .
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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.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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1655 Birth
13 February 1655
Québec, Canada, New France

Baptism
Nicolas Guyon
17 February 1655
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

Death
name: Nicolas Guion
gender: Male
burial date: 07 Feb 1685
burial place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
death date: 06 Feb 1685
death place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
age: 30
birth date: 1655
birthplace:
occupation:
race: White
marital status: Single
spouse's name:
father's name: Jean Guion
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Elisabeth Coullat
mother's birthplace:
indexing project (batch) number: B03757-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1018161
reference number: p 45 s 3

'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch.org
familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
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