Louise GAGNÉ (GASNIER)

Born

21 January 1642 , Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême, Perche, France

Died

27 April 1721 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Age: 79

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Louis GAGNÉ (GASNIER)Marie MICHEL

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Born: 21 January 1642 in Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême, Perche, France

Father: Louis GAGNÉ (GASNIER)

Mother: Marie MICHEL

Paternal grandparents: Louis GAGNÉ , Marie LAUNAY

Louise was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1644.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Louise married Claude BOUCHARD dit LEPETIT 25 May 1654 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Claude BOUCHARD dit LEPETIT was born 26 May 1626 in St-Cosme-de-Vair, Mamers, Le Mans, France. Claude died 25 November 1699 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France .

Louise GAGNÉ (GASNIER) died 27 April 1721 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France .

She was the child of Louis Gagne and Marie Michel of Iger, Orne Au Perche, France.

from Rootsweb -- "She was only 12 when she was married."

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Louise GAGNÉ (GASNIER) married

Claude BOUCHARD dit LEPETIT
Marriage date: 25 May 1654
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada

"In the paternal house at Beaupre, in the presence of the missionary Paul Ragueneau on 25 May 1654, Louise, French by birth, married ancestor Claude Bouchard, who succeeded her father on the Saint-Charles farm. Her descendants are numerous in Charlevois. Louise was buried at Baie Saint-Paul on 27 April 1721."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XII, Page 131

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Claude BOUCHARD dit LEPETIT and Louise GAGNÉ (GASNIER)

Marie BOUCHARD

Born: 27 October 1659, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 29 April 1739 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Jacques BOUCHARD

Born: abt. 1662, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 12 December 1690, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Gilles BOUCHARD

Born: 8 March 1664, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: March 1664, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Marguerite BOUCHARD

Born: 15 October 1665, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 6 April 1731, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Married: René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) 4 November 1683 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Louise BOUCHARD

Born: abt. 1668, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: December 1696, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Anne BOUCHARD

Born: 20 February 1670, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 8 April 1731, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Married: Louis JOBIDON 20 November 1690 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Geneviève-Marie BOUCHARD

Born: 25 April 1672, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 23 March 1754, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Married: Michel TREMBLAY 20 June 1686 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

François BOUCHARD

Born: 8 April 1674, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 12 October 1756, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Married: Anne-Marguerite SIMARD 15 June 1699 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Rosalie BOUCHARD

Born: 6 April 1676, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 22 June 1733 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Married: Étienne SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE 22 November 1695 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Claude BOUCHARD

Born: 14 October 1678, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 28 October 1678, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Louis BOUCHARD

Born: 12 February 1680, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 17 November 1727, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Susanne LEFEBVRE 25 February 1715 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Françoise DANIAU (DANIA) 02 December 1724 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France

Antoine BOUCHARD

Born: 15 October 1682, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 24 January 1759, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Married: Madeleine SIMARD 20 November 1704 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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1642 Baptism

'...THE COUPLE LIVED AT IGE WHERE THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, THE FRUIT OF THEIR LOVE. THE ELDER, LOUIS, WAS BAPTIZED AT NOTRE-DAME-DE-VAIR ON 8 SEPTEMBER 1639... THEN AT IGE ON 21 JANUARY 1642, THE ELDEST OF THE DAUGHTERS, LOUISE, WAS BAPTIZED... LIKE MANY PEOPLE OF PERCHE AT THAT TIME WHO DREAMED OF THE NEW WORLD, THE GAGNES ALSO HAD THEIR EYES ON THIS LAND WITH THE IMMENSE RIVER, ENDLESS FORESTS AND INEXHAUSTIBLE RICHES. LOUIS GAGNE LOST HIS MOTHER MARIE LAUNAY ON 9 APRIL 1640. THE TIES WERE BROKEN. IT WAS NECESSARY TO CREATE NEW ONES.'

THOMAS J. LAFOREST
OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME XII, PAGES 128-129

Birth — 1642
21 January 1642
Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême, Perche, France

1654 Marriage / Partner
Louise GAGNÉ (GASNIER) and Claude BOUCHARD dit LEPETIT 25 May 1654, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 12 years old.

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1659 Birth of Child
Marie BOUCHARD was born 27 October 1659, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louise was 17 years old.

1664 Birth of Child
Gilles BOUCHARD was born 8 March 1664, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Louise was 22 years old.

1665 Birth of Child
Marguerite BOUCHARD was born 15 October 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Louise was 23 years old.

1666 Habittans de Beaupré

Claude Bouchard - 40 tailleur d'habits

Louise Gasnier - 24 Sa femme

Marie Bouchard - 6 fille

Jacques Bouchard - 4 fils

Et Margueritte Bouchard - 4 mois fille

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The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1670 Birth of Child
Anne BOUCHARD was born 20 February 1670, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Louise was 28 years old.

1672 Birth of Child
Geneviève-Marie BOUCHARD was born 25 April 1672, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Louise was 30 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
François BOUCHARD was born 8 April 1674, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Louise was 32 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Rosalie BOUCHARD was born 6 April 1676, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Louise was 34 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Claude BOUCHARD was born 14 October 1678, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Louise was 36 years old.

1680 Birth of Child
Louis BOUCHARD was born 12 February 1680, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Louise was 38 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Beaupre

Claude Bouchard, 55
Louise Gagnier, sa femme, 40
enfants:
Marie, 20
Jacques, 18
Marguerite, 14
Francois, 12
Louise, 11
Angelique, 9
Jean, 8
Rosalie, 7

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1682 Birth of Child
Antoine BOUCHARD was born 15 October 1682, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Louise was 40 years old.

1683 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BOUCHARD married 4 November 1683, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France to René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE)

1686 Marriage of Child
Geneviève-Marie BOUCHARD married 20 June 1686, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France to Michel TREMBLAY

1690 Marriage of Child
Anne BOUCHARD married 20 November 1690, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France to Louis JOBIDON

1690 Death of Child
Jacques BOUCHARD died 12 December 1690, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Louise was 48 years old.

1695 Marriage of Child
Rosalie BOUCHARD married 22 November 1695, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France to Étienne SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE

1696 Death of Child
Louise BOUCHARD died December 1696, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Louise was 54 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1699 Marriage of Child
François BOUCHARD married 15 June 1699, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France to Anne-Marguerite SIMARD

1699 Death of Spouse/Partner
Claude BOUCHARD dit LEPETIT died 25 November 1699, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1700

'In March of 1700, Louise (Gagne) gave her sons-in-law Rene Lavoie, Michel Tremblay, and Etienne Simard, each an arpent of grazing land...'

Source / record details
Laforest, Thomas J., Our French Canadian Ancestors, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, 1984

1704 Marriage of Child
Antoine BOUCHARD married 20 November 1704, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France to Madeleine SIMARD

1715 Marriage of Child
Louis BOUCHARD married 25 February 1715 , La Prairie, Canada, New France to Susanne LEFEBVRE

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