When Jean-Baptiste Guyon was born on 18 November 1724, in Sainte-Famille, L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada, his father, Jean Guyon, was 33 and his mother, Marthe Bosché, was 22. He married Gillette Commere on 8 September 1749, in Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 7 March 1799, in his hometown, at the age of 74, and was buried in Sainte-Famille, L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Gaston, Jean-Francois, Virginie.
French and English: from the Old French personal name Guyon, a pet form of Guy . Compare Dion 3, Gue , Guion , Yeon 2, Yon 3, and Young 4.
History: Jean Guyon du Buisson from Tourouvre in Orne, France, was one of the earliest settlers on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in New France. He arrived together with his large family in 1634, and is said to be an ancestor of at least three out of four Québécois. Among the surnames borne by his descendants are his surname Guyon and its various altered forms, including Deo(n), Deyo, Dion, Yéon, Yon, and Young, and also the dit (‘also called’) names Darbonne and Dumontier , adopted as a surname by two of his grandsons, and the dit name Lemoine , adopted by another descendant. — This surname is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America. As a Huguenot ancestor is listed Jacques Guyon, who was in NY by 1680. However, his descendants bear only an altered form of the surname, Gue .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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