Raphael GAGNÉ

(b. 17 March 1738 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 2 April 1813 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada )

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Raphael GAGNÉ was born 17 March 1738 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Raphael GAGNÉ was the child of François-Xavier GAGNÉ and Geneviève FILION and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace GAGNÉ and Louise TREMBLAY (maternal) Jean FILION and Françoise SENARD

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

Raphael married Marie-Geneviève DUFOUR abt. 1771 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève DUFOUR was born 17 April 1745 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Marie-Geneviève died 28 July 1827 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Gabriel DUFOUR and Geneviève TREMBLAY.

Raphael GAGNÉ died 2 April 1813 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada.
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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.

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Raphael GAGNÉ married

Marie-Geneviève DUFOUR-- Date: abt. 1771 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Geneviève DUFOUR was the child of Gabriel DUFOUR and Geneviève TREMBLAY

Children of Raphael GAGNÉ and Marie-Geneviève DUFOUR:

François GAGNÉ (b.31 March 1773, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 February 1853, Deschaillons, Canada East )
m. Victoire OUELLET 25 February 1802 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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1738 Birth
17 March 1738
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, 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.

1773 Birth of Child
François GAGNÉ was born 31 March 1773, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Raphael was 35 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.