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flag male ancestor  Jean-Marie  GAGNON

Born
July 1726 Québec Province, Canada
Jean-Marie  married  Marie-Josephte MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) 20 November 1752 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Josephte MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT)  was born 28 March 1730 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France .  Marie-Josephte died 26 October 1807 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada.  Marie-Josephte was the child of Charles MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) and Marie-Madeleine AUBERT .

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Jean-Marie  married  Marie-Josephte MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) 20 November 1752 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Josephte MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT)  was born 28 March 1730 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France .  Marie-Josephte died 26 October 1807 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada.  Marie-Josephte was the child of Charles MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) and Marie-Madeleine AUBERT.
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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!
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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Marie GAGNON

Jean-Marie GAGNON married flag female ancestor Marie-Josephte MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT)
Marriage date: 20 November 1752
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) was the child of Charles MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) and Marie-Madeleine AUBERT


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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760
Canada, New France
1760–1763
Canada
1763–1791
Province of Québec
1791–1867
Lower Canada
1867–present
Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.


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BirthBirth — 1726
July 1726
Québec Province, Canada
marriage1752 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Marie GAGNON and Marie-Josephte MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) 20 November 1752, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 26 years old.
1755 Birth of Child
Louis-Charles GAGNON was born 14 January 1755, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Jean-Marie was 28 years old.
1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte GAGNON was born 29 August 1759, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Jean-Marie was 33 years old.
1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GAGNON was born 17 July 1761, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Jean-Marie was 35 years old.
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
1770 Birth of Child
Françoise-Romaine GAGNON was born 29 May 1770, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Jean-Marie was 43 years old.
News1775 - 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.
marriage1778 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte GAGNON married 20 July 1778, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada to Francois PELLETIER
marriage1781 Marriage of Child
Louis-Charles GAGNON married 5 November 1781, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada to Rosalie DUPONT
marriage1785 Marriage of Child
Françoise-Romaine GAGNON married 2 August 1785, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada to Jean Baptiste GRENIER
1786 Death of Child
Louis-Charles GAGNON died 15 November 1786, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Jean-Marie was 60 years old.
marriage1786 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne GAGNON married 27 November 1786, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada to Alexis HUDON dit BEAULIEU
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1807 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephte MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) died 26 October 1807, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada
DeathDeath — 1815
11 June 1815
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 89.
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