Marguerite MORISSET

(b. 12 December 1723 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 10 December 1791 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite MORISSET was born 12 December 1723 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marguerite MORISSET was the child of Gentien MORISSET and Geneviève SIMON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean MORISSET and Jeanne CHORET (maternal) Guillaume SIMON dit LAPOINTE and Catherine DROUIN

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Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste GAGNON 26 October 1745 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste GAGNON was born 21 October 1721 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 6 July 1766 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Marguerite CLOUTIER.

Marguerite MORISSET died 10 December 1791 in Sainte-Marie, 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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Marguerite MORISSET married

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON-- Date: 26 October 1745 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Marguerite CLOUTIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marguerite MORISSET:

Marguerite GAGNON (b.15 February 1752, Sainte-Marie, Canada, New France d. 13 February 1836, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Etienne GIRARD 16 February 1766 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON (b.17 January 1754, Sainte-Marie, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Angélique MATHIEU 30 September 1783 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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1723 Birth
12 December 1723
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite MORISSET and Jean-Baptiste GAGNON 26 October 1745 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marguerite GAGNON was born 15 February 1752, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marguerite was 28 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GAGNON was born 17 January 1754, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marguerite was 30 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.

1766 Marriage of Child
Marguerite GAGNON married 16 February 1766, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Etienne GIRARD

1766 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste GAGNON died 6 July 1766, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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.