Mathurin GAGNON

(b. 27 August 1653 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 5 October 1715 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France )

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Mathurin GAGNON was born 27 August 1653 in Québec, Canada, New France

Mathurin GAGNON was the child of Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) and Françoise GODEAU (BOUDEAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNON (GAIGNON) and Renée-Madeleine ROGER

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

Mathurin married Charlotte COCHON 28 October 1686 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Charlotte COCHON was born 14 February 1662 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Charlotte died 8 December 1748 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Charlotte was the child of Jean COCHON (CAUCHON) and Madeleine MIVILLE.

Mathurin GAGNON died 5 October 1715 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France.
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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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Mathurin GAGNON married

Charlotte COCHON-- Date: 28 October 1686 Place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France

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Charlotte COCHON was the child of Jean COCHON (CAUCHON) and Madeleine MIVILLE

groom's name: Mathurin Gagnon
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bride's name: Charlotte Cochon
bride's birth date:
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marriage date: 28 Oct 1686
marriage place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
groom's father's name: Mathurin Gagnon
groom's mother's name: Francoise Godeau
bride's father's name: Jean Cochon
bride's mother's name: Madeleine Mainville
groom's race: White
groom's marital status: Single
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race: White
bride's marital status: Single
bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: M01734-5
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1018161
reference number: P 162

"Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949," index, familysearch.org

"Mathurin was born on 23 August 1653 and baptized on 7 September at Quebec. He married Charlotte Cauchon, daughter of Jean and of Madeleine Miville, on 28 October 1686 at Chateau-Richer. The contract was notarized the previous day by Jacob senior. They had ten children, three boys and seven girls. Mathurin junior died between 9 October 1711 and 5 November 1715 at Saint-Joachim."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 103

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Mathurin GAGNON and Charlotte COCHON:

Marie-Anne GAGNON (b.20 August 1687, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 4 November 1773, Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Thomas BLONDEAU 20 January 1704 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)
m. Louis DUPERE 8 February 1716 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Marie-Charlotte GAGNON (b.29 January 1689, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 15 February 1760, L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada )
m. Charles MARET (MARETTE) dit LEPINE 29 September 1704 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON (b.abt. 1691, , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 August 1759, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France )
m. Geneviève CHAMARD 5 November 1715 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)
m. Marguerite LAVOIE 2 July 1731 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Marguerite GAGNON (b.15 November 1694, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 15 August 1778, Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Antoine BEDARD 9 October 1711 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Mathurin GAGNON (b.12 February 1695, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 29 March 1790, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marguerite CHRETIEN 23 April 1716 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)
m. Gertrude BLANCHET 10 May 1756 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Pierre GAGNON (b.5 January 1697, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada d. 27 August 1759, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Anne RACINE 30 March 1720 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Françoise GAGNON (b.abt. 1699, , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 December 1773 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Claude GUYON 1719 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Dorothee GAGNON (b.27 March 1699, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 24 August 1784, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Jacques-Joseph BOUCHER 14 February 1718 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Josephe GAGNON (b.abt. 1703, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. abt. 1794, )

Marie-Elisabeth GAGNON (b.abt. 1705, , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 November 1744, L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France )
m. Louis-Benjamin DERY 19 September 1724 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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1653 Birth
27 August 1653
Québec, Canada, New France

1653 - Baptism
Baptism - Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
7 Sept 1653 - Mathurinus Gaignon - b. 27 Aug 1653

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Habittans de Beaupré
Mathurin Gaignon - 58 habittant

francoise goudrau - 30 sa femme

Marie gaignon - 16 fille

Mathurin gaignon - 12 fils

francoise gaignon - 7 fille

Margueritte Gaignon - 3 fille

Jacques Gaignon - 1 fils

Jean Auty - 22 domestique engaigé

Et thomas Langlois - 20 aussy domestique Engaigé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Census - Montmorency County, Quebec
Mathurin Gaignon, habitant, 60 years
Francoise Godeau, 36 years
Mathurin Gaignon, 14 years
Francois Gaignon, 12 years
Vincent Gaignon, 9 years
Marguerite Gaignon, 5 years
Jacques Gaignon, 3 years
Flavin Gaignon, 1 year

1681 Census - Montmorency County, Quebec
Mathurin Gagnon, habitant, 75 years
Francoise Godeau, 47 years
Mathurin Gagnon, 27 years
Vincent Gagnon, 22 years
Marguerite Gagnon, 17 years
Jacques Gagnon, 15 years
Jean Gagnon, 12 years
Pierre Gagnon, 9 years
Joseph Gagnon, 7 years
1681 Census - New France
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1686 Marriage / Partner
Mathurin GAGNON and Charlotte COCHON 28 October 1686, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

He was 33 years old.

Mathurin GAGNON - 1686 Marriage - Chateau Richer, Quebec

1686 Marriage - Chateau Richer, Quebec

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1687 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GAGNON was born 20 August 1687, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Mathurin was 34 years old.

1689 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte GAGNON was born 29 January 1689, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Mathurin was 35 years old.

1694 Birth of Child
Marguerite GAGNON was born 15 November 1694, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Mathurin was 41 years old.

1695 Birth of Child
Mathurin GAGNON was born 12 February 1695, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Mathurin was 41 years old.

1697 Birth of Child
Pierre GAGNON was born 5 January 1697, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada

Mathurin was 43 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1699 Birth of Child
Dorothee GAGNON was born 27 March 1699, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Mathurin was 45 years old.

1704 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne GAGNON married 20 January 1704, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal) to Thomas BLONDEAU

1704 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte GAGNON married 29 September 1704, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Charles MARET (MARETTE) dit LEPINE

1711 Marriage of Child
Marguerite GAGNON married 9 October 1711, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Antoine BEDARD