Charles GUYON dit DUTILLY (DION)

(b. 4 November 1735 , Verchères, Canada, New France d. 22 March 1785 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Charles GUYON dit DUTILLY (DION) was born 4 November 1735 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Charles GUYON dit DUTILLY (DION) was the child of Jean-Baptiste GUYON dit DUTILLY and Marie-Catherine TETREAU (TETREAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Paul GUYON and Angélique TETU dite DUTILLY (maternal) Daniel TETREAU (TETREAULT) and Catherine CHARRON

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Charles married Marguerite DECELLES 10 November 1760 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marguerite DECELLES was born 27 April 1742 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 25 January 1816 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Marguerite was the child of François DECELLES and Marie-Anne PION dite LAFONTAINE.

Charles GUYON dit DUTILLY (DION) died 22 March 1785 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of 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.

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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Family and Children of Charles GUYON dit DUTILLY (DION)

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Charles GUYON dit DUTILLY (DION) married

Marguerite DECELLES-- Date: 10 November 1760 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada
Marguerite DECELLES was the child of François DECELLES and Marie-Anne PION dite LAFONTAINE

Children of Charles GUYON dit DUTILLY (DION) and Marguerite DECELLES:

Charles DION dit DUTILLY (GUYON) (b.29 September 1762, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada d. 10 September 1806, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)

Therese DION dite DUTILLY (b.2 March 1764, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Augustin CHICOINE dit BELLEVUE 7 August 1786 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Angelique GUYON dite DUTILLY (b.abt. 1766, , Québec Province, Canada d. 31 July 1832, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )

Joseph-Marie DION dit DUTILLY (GUYON) (b.20 May 1766, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 December 1846, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East )
m. Marie-Madeleine BEAUDRY 5 October 1790 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1735 Birth
4 November 1735
Verchères, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1760 Marriage / Partner
Charles GUYON dit DUTILLY (DION) and Marguerite DECELLES 10 November 1760, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Charles DION dit DUTILLY (GUYON) was born 29 September 1762, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Charles was 26 years old.

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.

1764 Birth of Child
Therese DION dite DUTILLY was born 2 March 1764, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Charles was 28 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie DION dit DUTILLY (GUYON) was born 20 May 1766, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Charles was 30 years old.

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.