Dionne was born in 1846 to a modest rural family in Saint - Denis - de - la - Bouteillerie , near Kamouraska , the eldest of six boys and five girls born to Eusèbe Dionne and Amélie Lavoie .
Dionne was born in 1846 to a modest rural family in Saint - Denis - de - la - Bouteillerie , near Kamouraska . 
 He was the eldest of six boys and five girls born to Eusèbe Dionne and Amélie Lavoie .