HELP! Ancestor is complete! immigrant flag female ancestor  Louise  GAGNÉ (GASNIER)

  (b. 21 January 1642 St-Martin d'Ige, Orne, France   d. 27 April 1721 Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France )  
Age: 79

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Louise GAGNÉ (GASNIER) was born 21 January 1642 in St-Martin d'Ige, Orne, France

Louise GAGNÉ (GASNIER) was the child of Louis GAGNÉ (GASNIER)   and   Marie MICHEL and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis GAGNÉ and Marie LAUNAY

Louise was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1644.

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

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 abt. 1626 in St-Cosme-de-Vair, Mamers, Le Mans, France.  Claude died 25 November 1699 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). 

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."


Details of the family tree of Louise appear below.

Did You Know? 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.

Family and Children of Louise GAGNÉ (GASNIER)

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Louise GAGNÉ (GASNIER) married Ancestor is complete!immigrant flag male ancestor Claude BOUCHARD dit LEPETIT-- Date: 25 May 1654 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783


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):

flag female ancestor Marie BOUCHARD (b.27 October 1659, Québec, Canada, New France   d. 29 April 1739 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

flag male ancestor Jacques BOUCHARD (b.abt. 1662, , Québec Province, Canada   d. 12 December 1690, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )

flag baby boy ancestor Gilles BOUCHARD (b.8 March 1664, Château-Richer, Canada, New France   d. March 1664, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )

Ancestor is complete!flag female ancestor Marguerite BOUCHARD (b.15 October 1665, Château-Richer, Canada, New France   d. 6 April 1731, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France )
m. René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) 4 November 1683 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

flag female ancestor Louise BOUCHARD (b.abt. 1668, , Québec Province, Canada   d. December 1696, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France )

flag female ancestor Anne BOUCHARD (b.20 February 1670, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France   d. 8 April 1731, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )
m. Louis JOBIDON 20 November 1690 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Grave has been locatedAncestor is complete!flag female ancestor Geneviève-Marie BOUCHARD (b.25 April 1672, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France   d. 23 March 1754, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France )
m. Michel TREMBLAY 20 June 1686 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

flag male ancestor François BOUCHARD (b.8 April 1674, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France   d. 12 October 1756, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France )
m. Anne-Marguerite SIMARD 15 June 1699 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

flag female ancestor Rosalie BOUCHARD (b.6 April 1676, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France   d. 22 June 1733 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France )
m. Étienne SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE 22 November 1695 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ancestor is complete!flag baby boy ancestor Claude BOUCHARD (b.14 October 1678, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France   d. 28 October 1678, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France )

flag male ancestor Louis BOUCHARD (b.12 February 1680, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France   d. 17 November 1727, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Susanne LEFEBVRE 25 February 1715 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
m. Marie-Françoise DANIAU (DANIA) 02 December 1724 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

flag male ancestor Antoine BOUCHARD (b.15 October 1682, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France   d. 24 January 1759, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France )
m. Madeleine SIMARD 20 November 1704 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)



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birth1642 Birth
21 January 1642
St-Martin d'Ige, Orne, France
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
marriage1654 Marriage / Partner
Louise GAGNÉ (GASNIER) and Claude BOUCHARD dit LEPETIT 25 May 1654, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 12 years old.
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
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783
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.
marriage1683 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BOUCHARD married 4 November 1683, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre) to René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE)
marriage1686 Marriage of Child
Geneviève-Marie BOUCHARD married 20 June 1686, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Michel TREMBLAY
marriage1690 Marriage of Child
Anne BOUCHARD married 20 November 1690, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada 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.
marriage1695 Marriage of Child
Rosalie BOUCHARD married 22 November 1695, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) 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.
marriage1699 Marriage of Child
François BOUCHARD married 15 June 1699, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) 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...'
Laforest, Thomas J., Our French Canadian Ancestors, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, 1984
marriage1704 Marriage of Child
Antoine BOUCHARD married 20 November 1704, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Madeleine SIMARD
marriage1715 Marriage of Child
Louis BOUCHARD married 25 February 1715 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Susanne LEFEBVRE
death1721 Death
27 April 1721
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

She died at the age of 79.
Added: - Updated: 12/1/2021 11:23:51 PM

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