On the parish registers, the priest records the baptismal certificate of a new parishioner in Latin: "Johannes filius Jacobi Guyon er Maria eus uxoris...". His father is a notable, his mother is Marie Huet.
Jean-Francois Guyon was born on September 18, 1592 at St. Aubin-de-Tourouve; the son of Jacques Guyon and Marie Huet. He grew up in Tourouvre.
On June 12, 1615, Jean married Mathurine Robin at St. Aubin. The same year that he and Mathurine were married, he constructed a thirty-step, stone staircase leading to the bell tower of the church at St. Aubin, where he had been christened. The staircase is still intact. (I hope to see that some day.)
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| Steps to Bell Tower at Saint-Aubin in Tourouvre |
Jean and Mathurine lived in Mortagne where Jean's skills as a master stone-cutter brought him to the attention of Robert Giffard when he was establishing his seigneury at Beauport, Quebec. He is persuaded to leave France and the family, including six of their children, sail to Quebec.
Guyon traveled aboard a convoy of four ships and arrived in Nouvelle France in 1634. Guyon was awarded land in newly established Beauport, one of the oldest European-founded communities in Canada (and now a borough of Quebec City). Under the seigneurial system, he received a rear fief (arrière fief) near Rivière du Buisson (river of bushes). He attached its name to his own, Guyon du Buisson.
Guyon lived there until he died in 1663. He built a small mill and helped build the parish church of Québec city and the governor's residence.
Jean Guyon was a well educated man and wanted the same opportunity for his children. The boys were sent to the Jesuit College and the girls were instructed by the Ursuline nuns, who later wrote; "There is no other family whose zeal for education has been more transmitted from generation to generation during the past hundred years than that of Jean Guyon".
Years after years, his children and descendants gave birth to generations of Guyon, renamed Guion or Dion. They are settled in Quebec, Canada and in USA. Celine Dion is also a descendant of this family.
Ancestors:
Jean Guyon and Mathurine-Madeleine Robin
Marie Andree Guyon and Andre Bernard
Rene Bernard and Madeleine Doucet
Jean Baptiste Bernard and Marie Cecile Gaudet
Marie Madeleine Bernard and Jean Baptiste Cormier
Jean Baptiste Cormier and Marie Catherine Corbeil
Reine Comier and Joseph Morin
Magliore Morin and Marguerite Soly
Arthur Noel Morin and Azilda Desroches
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*seigneury: a feudal lordship; the position, authority, or domain of a feudal lord.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Guyon
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Guyon
