Abraham GUYON dit DION

(b. 30 April 1772 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 August 1808 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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Abraham GUYON dit DION was born 30 April 1772 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

Abraham GUYON dit DION was the child of Joseph-Joachim GUYON and Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GUYON and Marie GAMACHE (maternal) Joseph FOURNIER and Marguerite LANGLOIS

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

Abraham married Françoise BOUCHARD 17 February 1806 in Montmagny, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise BOUCHARD was born 23 February 1780 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Françoise died 18 February 1813 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Françoise was the child of Charles BOUCHARD and Angelique CLOUTIER.

Abraham GUYON dit DION died 30 August 1808 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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.

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 Abraham GUYON dit DION

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Abraham GUYON dit DION married

Françoise BOUCHARD-- Date: 17 February 1806 Place: Montmagny, Lower Canada
Françoise BOUCHARD was the child of Charles BOUCHARD and Angelique CLOUTIER

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Children of Abraham GUYON dit DION and Françoise BOUCHARD:

Julie-Francoise GUYON dite DION (b.abt. 1804, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Louis-Pascal GUIMOND 7 November 1825 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1772 Birth
30 April 1772
Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1806 Marriage / Partner
Abraham GUYON dit DION and Françoise BOUCHARD 17 February 1806, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 33 years old.