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 )

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Marie-Thecle GAGNON was born 23 September 1752 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Thecle GAGNON was the child of Jean GAGNON and Marie-Jeanne MARCEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAGNON and Anne MESNY (maternal) Louis MARCEAU and Jeanne DUMAS

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Marie-Thecle married Pierre FRECHET 30 January 1775 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Pierre FRECHET was born 10 August 1752 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Pierre died 10 November 1810 in Loretteville, Quebec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Jacques-Pierre FRECHETTE and Marie-Jeanne FALARDEAU.

Marie-Thecle GAGNON died 4 August 1812 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, 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!

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.

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Marie-Thecle GAGNON married

Pierre FRECHET-- Date: 30 January 1775 Place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre FRECHET was the child of Jacques-Pierre FRECHETTE and Marie-Jeanne FALARDEAU

Children of Pierre FRECHET and Marie-Thecle GAGNON:

Marie-Geneviève FRECHET (b.abt. 1785, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Charles LAURENT dit LORTIE

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1752 Birth
23 September 1752
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Thecle GAGNON and Pierre FRECHET 30 January 1775 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 22 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.