Paul-Etienne DION

(b. 6 July 1749 , Trois-Pistoles, Canada, New France d. 14 November 1800 , L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada )

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Paul-Etienne DION was born 6 July 1749 in Trois-Pistoles, Canada, New France

Paul-Etienne DION was the child of Ange GUYON (DION) and Françoise CÔTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume GUYON dit DU BUISSON and Jeanne TOUPIN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CÔTÉ and Françoise-Charlotte CHORET

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Paul-Etienne married Josephte LEVASSEUR 26 July 1772 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte LEVASSEUR was born abt. 1750 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Josephte died 3 February 1806 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Josephte was the child of Pierre LEVASSEUR and Geneviève RAYMOND dite PHOCAS.

Paul-Etienne DION died 14 November 1800 in L'Isle-Verte, 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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Paul-Etienne DION married

Josephte LEVASSEUR-- Date: 26 July 1772 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Josephte LEVASSEUR was the child of Pierre LEVASSEUR and Geneviève RAYMOND dite PHOCAS

Children of Paul-Etienne DION and Josephte LEVASSEUR:

Judith DION (b.abt. 1771, , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 May 1816, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada )
m. Nicolas JANOT 8 August 1791 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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1749 Birth
6 July 1749
Trois-Pistoles, Canada, New France

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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Paul-Etienne DION and Josephte LEVASSEUR 26 July 1772, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 23 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.