Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON)

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22 October 1606 , Tourouvre, Mortagne, France

Died

20 April 1690 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France

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Pierre GAGNON (GAIGNON)Renée-Madeleine ROGER

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Born: 22 October 1606 in Tourouvre, Mortagne, France

Father: Pierre GAGNON (GAIGNON)

Mother: Renée-Madeleine ROGER

Mathurin was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1637.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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

Mathurin married Vincente GAUTHIER abt. 1635 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Vincente GAUTHIER was born abt. 1616 in France.

Mathurin married (2) Françoise GODEAU (BOUDEAU) 30 September 1647 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Françoise GODEAU (BOUDEAU) was born abt. 1635 in La Roche-Guyon, Normandie, France. Françoise died 14 September 1696 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer).

Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) died 20 April 1690 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France .
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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Marchand, Cultivateur, Habitant

A marchand, or merchant, was a trader who sold a specific type of merchandise or product. Merchants handled most of the supply and distribution of products that came from Europe.
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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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Québec Généalogie - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modeled on the French feudal system. It began in New France in 1627 with the formation of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (or Company of 100 Associates), which was initially responsible for handing out land grants and seigneurial rights. The land was divided into five by 15 kilometer plots, usually along major rivers like the St. Lawrence. They were then further subdivided into narrow, but long lots for settlement. These lots were usually long enough to be suitable for faming, and they provided everyone who lived on them with equal access to neighbouring farms and the river. There were three main groups of people who lived off the land in this system: Seigneurs, Habitants and Engagés

Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) was a habitant.
Habitants were usually farmers or labourers who were initially brought over from France to live on this land. They had to pay rent and taxes to the seigneur, though they co-owned the land with the seigneur, and even had to work entirely for the benefit of the seigneur a few days each year.

Source: Canada in the Making (www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html)

Habitants played an essential role in creating a permanent, settled population along the St. Lawrence River. But it was not an easy life...

Habitants had to clear the land, build a homestead, and plant and harvest a crop. The first task was never-ending, while the last one was annual. Building and repairing the house and barn were continual tasks. So were cutting and hauling firewood. The habitants had to be largely self-reliant in looking after all routine tasks such as cooking, baking, making furniture, and repairing tools. They had to attend to the educational and medical needs of the family. They had to endure the harsh physical climate and rough terrain, largely unaided by government support. The habitants had to pay taxes to the seigneurs and the church.

Canada: The Story of Our Heritage by Elspeth Deir, John Fielding, Nick Brune, Peter Grant, Stephanie Smith Abram; McGraw-Hill Ryerson School, 2000

A Glimpse into 17th-Century New France: Life of the Average Man

Spouse & Children of Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON)

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Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) married

Vincente GAUTHIER
Marriage date: abt. 1635
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"While there (in France with his parents), he became engaged to Vincente Gaulthier who had an enfant naturelle about 1636 named Marthe. Mathurin acknowledged his parentage and brought Marthe with him to Canada, where she married Jean Doyen in 1650."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 102

Children of Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) and Vincente GAUTHIER

Marie-Marthe GAGNON

Born: abt. 1635, , France
Died: 21 November 1670, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Married: Jean DOYON 19 November 1650 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Married: Jacques LESOT 21 April 1665 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) married

Françoise GODEAU (BOUDEAU)
Marriage date: 30 September 1647
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada

"On 30 September 1647, when he was middle aged, he married Francoise Goudeau, daughter of Francois and of Jeanne Jehan from Roche-Guyon in Normandy. Francoise's mother was married for a second time in France to Jacques Lehoux and they came to Canada together. Francoise was only thirteen years old when she married Mathurin while he was forty-one. The wedding took place in the home of Mathurin at Chateau Richer. Jacques Lehoux signed as witness to the marriage. They had sixteen children, but only nine lived to marry - five boys and four girls."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 102

Children of Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) and Françoise GODEAU (BOUDEAU)

Marie-Madeleine GAGNON

Born: 26 June 1650, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 22 September 1680, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Jean PICARD 18 November 1663 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Mathurin GAGNON

Born: 27 August 1653, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 5 October 1715, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Married: Charlotte COCHON 28 October 1686 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Françoise GAGNON

Born: 15 December 1655, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 30 May 1680, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Louis PREVOST 21 February 1672 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Vincent GAGNON

Born: 27 August 1658, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 26 November 1708, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Anne DAVID 12 October 1694 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marie GAGNON

Born: 23 January 1662, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 10 February 1662, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Marguerite GAGNON

Born: 9 May 1663, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 16 April 1742, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Vital CARON 10 February 1686 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Jacques-François GAGNON

Born: 1 April 1665, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 18 November 1687, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Flavien GAGNON

Born: 28 August 1666, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 9 February 1679, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Jean GAGNON

Born: 26 March 1669, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1681, , Québec Province, Canada

Pierre GAGNON

Born: 3 September 1672, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 25 June 1744, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Married: Helene CLOUTIER 28 February 1696 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Joseph GAGNON

Born: 23 March 1674, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 3 May 1676, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Joseph GAGNON

Born: 24 May 1677, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 11 December 1745, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Marguerite CLOUTIER 26 January 1699 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

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Birth — 1606
22 October 1606
Tourouvre, Mortagne, France

'Mathurin was born on 22 October 1606 at La Gagnonniere, two miles from Tourouvre where he was baptized. he lived there with his parents until he was twenty-nine-years old.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 102

Biography
GAGNON (Gaingnon, Gangnon, and Gaignon), MATHURIN, farmer, business man, member of the Communauté des Habitants; b. 1606 at Saint-Aubin de Tourouvre (Perche), son of Pierre Gagnon (Gaignon) and Madeleine-Renée Roger; d. 1690 at Château-Richer.

The propaganda of Robert Giffard and of Noël Juchereau, who were recruiting settlers in Perche, probably had an influence on Mathurin Gagnon, and he decided to establish himself in Canada with his brothers Pierre and Jean. They arrived at Quebec before 1640. They went in for business, and worked in partnership. A number of notarial documents of the period bear as a signature “Sieurs Mathurin, Jehan, and Pierre Gangnon, brothers.” Mathurin was the best educated of the three: he alone knew how to write. Consequently he acted as head of the firm. It was he who went to France in 1642, to settle their family and business affairs. Around 1651 the Gagnon brothers built a store on the square in the Lower Town, near the store belonging to the...Read full story

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1609 - Galileo's telescope is invented (Galileo, Italy)

'While there (in France with his parents), he became engaged to Vincente Gaulthier who had an enfant naturelle about 1636 named Marthe. Mathurin acknowledged his parentage and brought Marthe with him to Canada, where she married Jean Doyen in 1650.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 102

1637 Arrival in Canada
'HE ARRIVED IN CANADA ABOUT 1637 WITH HIS BROTHERS. THEY OPENED A SHOP AT QUEBEC - BEING THE BEST EDUCATED AND THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD WRITE, MATHURIN KEPT THE ACCOUNTS.'

THOMAS J. LAFOREST
OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME I, PAGE 102

1647 Marriage / Partner
Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) and Françoise GODEAU (BOUDEAU) 30 September 1647, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 40 years old.

Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) - 1647 marriage

1647 marriage

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

1650 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine GAGNON was born 26 June 1650, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Mathurin was 43 years old.

1650 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marthe GAGNON married 19 November 1650 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Jean DOYON

1653 Birth of Child
Mathurin GAGNON was born 27 August 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Mathurin was 46 years old.

1655 Birth of Child
Françoise GAGNON was born 15 December 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Mathurin was 49 years old.

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

1658 Birth of Child
Vincent GAGNON was born 27 August 1658, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Mathurin was 51 years old.

1662 Birth of Child
Marie GAGNON was born 23 January 1662, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Mathurin was 55 years old.

1663 Birth of Child
Marguerite GAGNON was born 9 May 1663, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Mathurin was 56 years old.

1663 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine GAGNON married 18 November 1663, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Jean PICARD

1665 Birth of Child
Jacques-François GAGNON was born 1 April 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Mathurin was 58 years old.

1665 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marthe GAGNON married 21 April 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Jacques LESOT

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

1666 Birth of Child
Flavien GAGNON was born 28 August 1666, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Mathurin was 59 years old.

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

1669 Birth of Child
Jean GAGNON was born 26 March 1669, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Mathurin was 62 years old.

1670 Death of Child
Marie-Marthe GAGNON died 21 November 1670, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Mathurin was 64 years old.

1672 Marriage of Child
Françoise GAGNON married 21 February 1672 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Louis PREVOST

1672 Birth of Child
Pierre GAGNON was born 3 September 1672, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Mathurin was 65 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
Joseph GAGNON was born 23 March 1674, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Mathurin was 67 years old.

1676 Death of Child
Joseph GAGNON died 3 May 1676, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Mathurin was 69 years old.

1677 Birth of Child
Joseph GAGNON was born 24 May 1677, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Mathurin was 70 years old.

1679 Death of Child
Flavien GAGNON died 9 February 1679, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Mathurin was 72 years old.

1680 Death of Child
Françoise GAGNON died 30 May 1680, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Mathurin was 73 years old.

1680 Death of Child
Marie-Madeleine GAGNON died 22 September 1680, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Mathurin was 73 years old.

1681 Census - Beaupre, 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 of Child
Marguerite GAGNON married 10 February 1686, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Vital CARON

1686 Marriage of Child
Mathurin GAGNON married 28 October 1686, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Charlotte COCHON

1687 Death of Child
Jacques-François GAGNON died 18 November 1687, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Mathurin was 81 years old.

1690 Death Chateau Richer, Quebec
Death found in index for La Visitation de Notre Dame, Chateau Richer, Quebec in Drouin Collection.

1690 Mathurin Gagnon

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Death
name: Mathurin Gagnon
gender: Male
burial date: 22 Apr 1690
burial place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
death date: 20 Apr 1690
death place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
age: 92
birth date: 1598
birthplace:
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race: White
marital status: Unknown
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mother's name:
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indexing project (batch) number: B03757-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1018161
reference number: p 98 s 4

'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F2PB-TLV : accessed 04 Jan 2013), Mathurin Gagnon, 20 Apr 1690; citing reference p 98 s 4, FHL microfilm 1018161.
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