Francois GUYON

(b. 19 January 1727 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 19 December 1782 , Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Francois GUYON was born 19 January 1727 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Francois GUYON was the child of Claude GUYON and Françoise GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GUYON and Marie PEPIN dite LACHANCE (maternal) Mathurin GAGNON and Charlotte COCHON

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

Francois married Marguerite-Thecle MARTINEAU 16 August 1757 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite-Thecle MARTINEAU was born 8 January 1735 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marguerite-Thecle died 23 March 1804 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Marguerite-Thecle was the child of Pierre MARTINEAU and Geneviève LABBE.

Francois GUYON died 19 December 1782 in Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Martineau Marguerite-Thecle

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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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Francois GUYON married

Marguerite-Thecle MARTINEAU-- Date: 16 August 1757 Place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marguerite-Thecle MARTINEAU was the child of Pierre MARTINEAU and Geneviève LABBE

Children of Francois GUYON and Marguerite-Thecle MARTINEAU:

Francois GUYON (DION) (b.3 January 1761, Grondines, Canada d. 2 May 1813, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne BOURBEAU 26 January 1781 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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1727 Birth
19 January 1727
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Francois GUYON and Marguerite-Thecle MARTINEAU 16 August 1757, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 30 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Francois GUYON (DION) was born 3 January 1761, Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines)

Francois was 33 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.

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.