Marie-Cecile ASSELIN

(b. 24 May 1724 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 27 April 1805 , Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Cecile ASSELIN was born 24 May 1724 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Cecile ASSELIN was the child of Jean ASSELIN and Cecile TREPANIER (TREPIGNY) (TREPAGNY) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas ANCELIN (ASSELIN) and Geneviève LECLERC (maternal) François TREPANIER (TREPIGNY) (TREPAGNY) and Anne LEFRANCOIS

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Marie-Cecile married Jean DION (GUYON) 4 October 1745 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean DION (GUYON) was born 5 August 1725 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Jean died 11 April 1791 in Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville). Jean was the child of Claude GUYON and Françoise GAGNON.

Marie-Cecile ASSELIN died 27 April 1805 in Sainte-Thérèse, 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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Marie-Cecile ASSELIN married

Jean DION (GUYON)-- Date: 4 October 1745 Place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Jean DION (GUYON) was the child of Claude GUYON and Françoise GAGNON

Children of Jean DION (GUYON) and Marie-Cecile ASSELIN:

Jean-Baptiste GUYON (b.10 February 1752, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 9 May 1810, Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada )
m. Marie CADIEUX 3 October 1774 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

Cecile GUYON (DION) (b.8 September 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 21 January 1841, Sainte-Thérèse, Canada East )
m. Joseph-Paul DESJARDINS 16 November 1778 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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1724 Birth
24 May 1724
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Cecile ASSELIN and Jean DION (GUYON) 4 October 1745 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GUYON was born 10 February 1752, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Cecile was 27 years old.

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

1758 Birth of Child
Cecile GUYON (DION) was born 8 September 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Cecile was 34 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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste GUYON married 3 October 1774, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada to Marie CADIEUX

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.