Joseph-Charles GAGNON

(b. 12 January 1741 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 4 May 1802 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Charles GAGNON was born 12 January 1741 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Joseph-Charles GAGNON was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marie-Françoise-Madeleine BOUTILLET (BOUTHILLET) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAGNON and Agathe BELANGER (maternal) Jacques BOUTILLET (BOUTHILLET) and Marguerite VERREAULT (VERREAU)

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Joseph-Charles married Françoise ALLAIRE 15 February 1762 in Saint-Vallier, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise ALLAIRE was born 29 June 1744 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Françoise died 21 April 1785 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Françoise was the child of Francois ALLAIRE and Marie-Madeleine DENIS dite LAPIERRE.

Joseph-Charles GAGNON died 4 May 1802 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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.

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