Michel GAGNE dit POITEVIN

Born

abt. 1707 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

19 January 1776 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

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François GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN Jeanne VANASSE

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Born: abt. 1707 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: François GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN

Mother: Jeanne VANASSE

Maternal grandparents: François-Noel VANASSE , Jeanne FOURRIER

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Michel married Marie-Jeanne PREVOST 1 August 1741 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Jeanne PREVOST was born 29 August 1713 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Jeanne died 24 May 1757 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Jeanne was the child of Jean-Baptiste PREVOST and Geneviève SEDILOT.

Michel GAGNE dit POITEVIN died 19 January 1776 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Prevost Marie-Jeanne

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Michel GAGNE dit POITEVIN married

Marie-Jeanne PREVOST
Marriage date: 1 August 1741
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Marie-Jeanne PREVOST was the child of Jean-Baptiste PREVOST and Geneviève SEDILOT

Children of Michel GAGNE dit POITEVIN and Marie-Jeanne PREVOST

Jeanne GAGNE dite POITEVIN

Born: 7 August 1744, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Louis CARTIER 9 January 1764 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis GAGNE dit POITEVIN

Born: abt. 1750, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 21 June 1799, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Madeleine RENAUD 6 February 1769 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1741 Marriage / Partner
Michel GAGNE dit POITEVIN and Marie-Jeanne PREVOST 1 August 1741, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

1744 Birth of Child
Jeanne GAGNE dite POITEVIN was born 7 August 1744, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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

1757 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Jeanne PREVOST died 24 May 1757, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Jeanne GAGNE dite POITEVIN married 9 January 1764, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Louis CARTIER

1769 Marriage of Child
Louis GAGNE dit POITEVIN married 6 February 1769, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Marie-Madeleine RENAUD

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.