Jean-Baptiste GAGNON

Born

21 January 1744 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Died

10 July 1815 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Joseph GAGNON Marie-Exupere TROTTIER dite LABISSONNIÈRE

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Born: 21 January 1744 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph GAGNON

Mother: Marie-Exupere TROTTIER dite LABISSONNIÈRE

Paternal grandparents: Jean GAGNON , Jeanne LOIGNON

Maternal grandparents: Noel TROTTIER dit LABISSONNIÈRE , Marguerite-Thérèse FAFARD dite LONGVAL

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephte FILTEAU 6 April 1769 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephte FILTEAU was born 30 April 1749 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marie-Josephte died 6 April 1833 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Josephte was the child of Charles FILTEAU and Marie-Madeleine GAGNON.

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON died 10 July 1815 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Did you know that most people with the Gagnon name came from three sons of Pierre Gagnon (Gaignon) and Renee Roger of Tourouvre, France, who came to New France (Quebec) around 1637? Mathurin, Jean and Pierre Gagnon, along with their wives did much to populate North America with the proud Gagnon surname!

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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.

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Jean-Baptiste GAGNON married

Marie-Josephte FILTEAU
Marriage date: 6 April 1769
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte FILTEAU was the child of Charles FILTEAU and Marie-Madeleine GAGNON

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François GAGNON

Born: 27 April 1780, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: abt. 1855, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East

Married: Marie-Louise LACOURSE 8 January 1811 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Judith GAGNON

Born: 2 August 1787, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Isidore-Theodore PRINCE 11 February 1811 Place: Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand)

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Birth — 1744
21 January 1744
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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

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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marie-Josephte FILTEAU 6 April 1769 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 25 years old.

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.

1780 Birth of Child
François GAGNON was born 27 April 1780, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Judith GAGNON was born 2 August 1787, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1811 Marriage of Child
François GAGNON married 8 January 1811, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Marie-Louise LACOURSE

1811 Marriage of Child
Judith GAGNON married 11 February 1811 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand) to Isidore-Theodore PRINCE