immigrant - Canada to US  male ancestor  Pierre  GAGNON

  (b. 9 June 1837 Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada   d. 8 July 1921 Agawam, Massachusetts, USA )  

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Pierre GAGNON was born 9 June 1837 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Pierre GAGNON was the child of Jacques GAGNON   and   Theotiste LEREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Clement GAGNON and Reine PRUNEAU (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and Madeleine CASAVANT dite LADÉBAUCHE

Pierre was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1876.

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

Pierre  married  Apolline PLANTE 23 February 1857 in Saint-Dominique, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Apolline PLANTE  was born 11 March 1832 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur).  Apolline died 28 June 1879 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA.  Apolline was the child of Charles PLANTE and Marie-Angelique LACASSE.

Pierre  married  (2) Octavie SILVAN 21 September 1880 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA .  The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Octavie SILVAN  was born June 1842 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).  Octavie died abt. 1928 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA. 

Pierre GAGNON died 8 July 1921 in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA .
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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!
Did You Know? 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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