Jean-Baptiste GUYON

(b. 28 July 1761 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada d. 27 April 1837 , Montebello, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GUYON was born 28 July 1761 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada

Jean-Baptiste GUYON was the child of Antoine GUYON and Charlotte BERNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GUYON and Marie GAMACHE (maternal) Barthelemy BERNIER and Marie-Charlotte PETIT dite LAFLAMME

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise PERRON 21 May 1793 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise PERRON was born 1 December 1767 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Louise was the child of Prisque PERRON and Marie-Louise MAILLOT.

Jean-Baptiste GUYON died 27 April 1837 in Montebello, 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.

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Jean-Baptiste GUYON married

Marie-Louise PERRON-- Date: 21 May 1793 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise PERRON was the child of Prisque PERRON and Marie-Louise MAILLOT

Children of Jean-Baptiste GUYON and Marie-Louise PERRON:

Marie-Anne GUYON (b.21 October 1799, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 16 August 1886, Saint-André-Avelin, Canada)
m. Joseph LACOSTE 2 August 1824

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1761 Birth
28 July 1761
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada

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.

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)

1793 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GUYON and Marie-Louise PERRON 21 May 1793, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

He was 31 years old.

1799 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GUYON was born 21 October 1799, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec