Joseph GAGNE

(b. 18 March 1722 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 18 March 1782 , Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph GAGNE was born 18 March 1722 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Joseph GAGNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNE and Claire BUTEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Olivier GAGNÉ and Elizabeth PEPIN (maternal) Pierre BUTEAU and Marie-Pérette LORIOT (LAURIAULT)

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Joseph married Marie-Josephe LANDRY 5 October 1745 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephe LANDRY was born 30 January 1722 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe died 29 March 1778 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie-Josephe was the child of Charles LANDRY and Marie-Madeleine-Therese GUERARD.

Joseph GAGNE died 18 March 1782 in Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Joseph GAGNE

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Joseph GAGNE married

Marie-Josephe LANDRY-- Date: 5 October 1745 Place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe LANDRY was the child of Charles LANDRY and Marie-Madeleine-Therese GUERARD

Children of Joseph GAGNE and Marie-Josephe LANDRY:

Bernard GAGNE (b.25 February 1754, Sainte-Marie, Canada, New France d. 2 June 1798, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Joseph MORIN 2 February 1778 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Jacques GAGNE (b.abt. 1757, , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 June 1830, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine MORIN 23 October 1782 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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1722 Birth
18 March 1722
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAGNE and Marie-Josephe LANDRY 5 October 1745, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Bernard GAGNE was born 25 February 1754, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Joseph was 31 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.

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.