Marie-Geneviève GUYON (DION)

(b. 10 May 1737 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 23 July 1776 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Geneviève GUYON (DION) was born 10 May 1737 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Marie-Geneviève GUYON (DION) was the child of Louis GUYON and Marie GAMACHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Paul GUYON and Angélique TETU dite DUTILLY (maternal) Nicolas GAMACHE and Elisabeth-Ursule CLOUTIER

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Marie-Geneviève married Pierre GRAVEL 27 November 1758 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre GRAVEL was born 29 April 1724 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Pierre died June 1785 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Pierre was the child of Augustin GRAVEL and Elisabeth CARON.

Marie-Geneviève GUYON (DION) died 23 July 1776 in Montmagny, 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.

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Marie-Geneviève GUYON (DION) married

Pierre GRAVEL-- Date: 27 November 1758 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Pierre GRAVEL was the child of Augustin GRAVEL and Elisabeth CARON

Children of Pierre GRAVEL and Marie-Geneviève GUYON (DION):

Theotiste GRAVEL (b.29 October 1759, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 27 April 1793, Chambly, Lower Canada )
m. Charles ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE 20 January 1787 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Charles GRAVELLE (b.8 April 1763, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 December 1847, Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East )
m. Marie-Josephe-Angelique CHARPENTIER dite SANSFACON 12 November 1787 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

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1737 Birth
10 May 1737
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève GUYON (DION) and Pierre GRAVEL 27 November 1758, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 21 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Theotiste GRAVEL was born 29 October 1759, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marie-Geneviève was 22 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Charles GRAVELLE was born 8 April 1763, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marie-Geneviève was 25 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.