Marie-Louise GAGNON

(b. 20 April 1741 , Lanoraie, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1794 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Louise GAGNON was born 20 April 1741 in Lanoraie, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise GAGNON was the child of Louis GAGNON and Madeleine NEVEU (NEPVEU) dite LACROIX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Vincent GAGNON and Marie-Anne DAVID (maternal) Thomas NEVEU (NEPVEU) dit LACROIX and Marie-Jeanne THOUIN

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Marie-Louise married Jean-Baptiste PAQUET 6 November 1757 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France . Jean-Baptiste PAQUET was born 8 July 1734 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Jean-Baptiste died 22 November 1805 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre PAQUET and Angélique BOURG (BOURQUE).

Marie-Louise GAGNON died 17 March 1794 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada.

m. Paquet Jean-Baptiste

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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!

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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Jean-Baptiste PAQUET-- Date: 6 November 1757 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste PAQUET was the child of Pierre PAQUET and Angélique BOURG (BOURQUE)

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1741 Birth
20 April 1741
Lanoraie, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise GAGNON and Jean-Baptiste PAQUET 6 November 1757, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

She was 16 years old.

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.

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.