Madeleine PINEL dite LAFRANCE

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26 September 1726 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Died

26 January 1800 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Charles-François PINEL dit LAFRANCE Marie-Anne OUELLET

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Born: 26 September 1726 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Father: Charles-François PINEL dit LAFRANCE

Mother: Marie-Anne OUELLET

Paternal grandparents: François-Xavier PINEL , Louise CONSTANTINEAU

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Abraham OUELLET , Françoise LIZOTTE

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Madeleine married Jacques GAGNON 18 November 1748 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jacques GAGNON was born 5 June 1710 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jacques was the child of Jacques GAGNON (GASGNON) and Madeleine ROCHON (ROCHERON).

Madeleine PINEL dite LAFRANCE died 26 January 1800 in Kamouraska, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Madeleine PINEL dite LAFRANCE married

Jacques GAGNON
Marriage date: 18 November 1748
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Jacques GAGNON was the child of Jacques GAGNON (GASGNON) and Madeleine ROCHON (ROCHERON)

Children of Jacques GAGNON and Madeleine PINEL dite LAFRANCE

Madeleine GAGNON

Born: 13 August 1750, La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Died: 23 January 1833, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph-Marie CORNEAU 1 July 1777 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Rosalie GAGNON

Born: 19 June 1753, La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Died: 6 July 1815, Rimouski, Lower Canada

Married: Jean RUEST (RUAIS) 5 July 1774 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Pascal GAGNON

Born: 3 November 1759, La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Genevieve CHOUINARD 25 November 1793 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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Birth — 1726
26 September 1726
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine PINEL dite LAFRANCE and Jacques GAGNON 18 November 1748, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 22 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Madeleine GAGNON was born 13 August 1750, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Madeleine was 23 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Rosalie GAGNON was born 19 June 1753, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Madeleine was 26 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Pascal GAGNON was born 3 November 1759, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Madeleine was 33 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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Rosalie GAGNON married 5 July 1774, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Jean RUEST (RUAIS)

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Madeleine GAGNON married 1 July 1777, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Joseph-Marie CORNEAU

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Marriage of Child
Pascal GAGNON married 25 November 1793, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Marie-Genevieve CHOUINARD