Joseph-Joachim GUYON

(b. 5 September 1728 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 9 December 1793 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Joachim GUYON was born 5 September 1728 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Joseph-Joachim GUYON 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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Joseph-Joachim married Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER 22 November 1751 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER was born 12 October 1734 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Marguerite died 23 February 1801 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Joseph FOURNIER and Marguerite LANGLOIS.

Joseph-Joachim GUYON died 9 December 1793 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada .
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Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER-- Date: 22 November 1751 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER was the child of Joseph FOURNIER and Marguerite LANGLOIS

Children of Joseph-Joachim GUYON and Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER:

Louise GUYON (DION) (b.19 April 1759, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 13 February 1836, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Louis GAGNE 23 November 1790 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marie-Claire GUYON (b.11 October 1762, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada d. 20 December 1834, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste BERNIER 20 September 1779 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Elisabeth-Victoire GUYON (b.22 December 1765, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 June 1830, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Ignace LEMIEUX 3 October 1786 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Abraham GUYON dit DION (b.30 April 1772, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 August 1808, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Françoise BOUCHARD 17 February 1806 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1728 Birth
5 September 1728
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Joachim GUYON and Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER 22 November 1751, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 23 years old.

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

1759 Birth of Child
Louise GUYON (DION) was born 19 April 1759, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Joseph-Joachim was 30 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Claire GUYON was born 11 October 1762, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Joseph-Joachim was 34 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Elisabeth-Victoire GUYON was born 22 December 1765, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Joseph-Joachim was 37 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Abraham GUYON dit DION was born 30 April 1772, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Joseph-Joachim was 43 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Marie-Claire GUYON married 20 September 1779, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Jean-Baptiste BERNIER

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth-Victoire GUYON married 3 October 1786, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Ignace LEMIEUX

1790 Marriage of Child
Louise GUYON (DION) married 23 November 1790, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Louis GAGNE

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