Jean GAGNON

(b. 16 September 1707 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 3 September 1779 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean GAGNON was born 16 September 1707 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Jean GAGNON was the child of Jean GAGNON and Anne MESNY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAGNON and Marguerite DROUIN (maternal) Étienne MESNY and Catherine LAÎNÉ

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Jean married Marie-Jeanne MARCEAU 30 January 1731 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children. Marie-Jeanne MARCEAU was born 12 April 1712 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Jeanne died 9 January 1786 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Jeanne was the child of Louis MARCEAU and Jeanne DUMAS.

Jean GAGNON died 3 September 1779 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, 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!

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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Family and Children of Jean GAGNON

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Jean GAGNON married

Marie-Jeanne MARCEAU-- Date: 30 January 1731 Place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marie-Jeanne MARCEAU was the child of Louis MARCEAU and Jeanne DUMAS

Children of Jean GAGNON and Marie-Jeanne MARCEAU:

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON (b.2 June 1732, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 16 July 1805, Mascouche, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne DEBLOIS dite GREGOIRE 27 October 1755 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Louis GAGNON (b.4 September 1733, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 14 April 1816, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. Madeleine EMOND 1 February 1762 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Angelique GAGNON (b.6 September 1742, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 19 October 1815, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Germain LANDRY 1 February 1762 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Thecle GAGNON (b.23 September 1752, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 4 August 1812 , Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre FRECHET 30 January 1775 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
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1707 Birth
16 September 1707
Château-Richer, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1731 Marriage / Partner
Jean GAGNON and Marie-Jeanne MARCEAU 30 January 1731, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1732 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GAGNON was born 2 June 1732, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean was 24 years old.

1733 Birth of Child
Louis GAGNON was born 4 September 1733, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean was 25 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Angelique GAGNON was born 6 September 1742, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean was 34 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marie-Thecle GAGNON was born 23 September 1752, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean was 45 years old.

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

1755 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste GAGNON married 27 October 1755, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Marie-Anne DEBLOIS dite GREGOIRE

1762 Marriage of Child
Angelique GAGNON married 1 February 1762, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Germain LANDRY

1762 Marriage of Child
Louis GAGNON married 1 February 1762, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Madeleine EMOND

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 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thecle GAGNON married 30 January 1775 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Pierre FRECHET

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.