flag male ancestor  Charles  CASTONGUAY

  (b. 19 March 1769 La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 20 April 1861 Cacouna, Canada East )  

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Charles CASTONGUAY was born 19 March 1769 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Charles CASTONGUAY was the child of Pierre CASTONGUAY   and   Marie-Anne PELLETIER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre GUAY (CASTONGUAY) and Angélique MORIN (maternal)  Charles PELLETIER and Louise CHOUINARD

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Charles  married  Marie-Louise GUYON (DION) 11 January 1790 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise GUYON (DION)  was born 22 August 1761 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola).  Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph-Marie GUYON (DION) and Ellisabeth LEMIEUX.

Charles CASTONGUAY died 20 April 1861 in Cacouna, Canada East .
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Did You Know? 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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Charles CASTONGUAY married flag female ancestor Marie-Louise GUYON (DION)-- Date: 11 January 1790 Place: L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise GUYON (DION) was the child of Joseph-Marie GUYON (DION) and Ellisabeth LEMIEUX




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birth1769 Birth
19 March 1769
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
News1775 - 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.
marriage1790 Marriage / Partner
Charles CASTONGUAY and Marie-Louise GUYON (DION) 11 January 1790, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 20 years old.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1794 Birth of Child
Françoise CASTONGUAY was born 5 August 1794, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Charles was 25 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
marriage1818 Marriage of Child
Françoise CASTONGUAY married 2 February 1818, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Joseph OUELLET
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
death1861 Death
20 April 1861
Cacouna, Canada East

He died at the age of 92.
Added: 5/3/2020 10:07:24 AM - Updated: 5/3/2020 10:12:10 AM

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