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Mathurin
GAGNON (GASGNON)
(b.
22 October 1606
,
Tourouvre, Mortagne, France
d.
20 April 1690
,
Château-Richer, Canada, New France
)
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GAGNON (GASGNON) Family Genealogy

Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) was born 22 October 1606 in Tourouvre, Mortagne, France. Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) was the child of Pierre GAGNON and Renee ROGER
Mathurin was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1637.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Mathurin married Vincente GAUTHIER . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Vincente GAUTHIER was born abt. 1616 in France.
Mathurin married (2) Françoise GODEAU 30 September 1647 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children. Françoise GODEAU 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 .
Occupation: Marchand, Cultivateur, Habitant
Details of the family tree of Mathurin appear below.

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.
Thanks to Micheline MacDonald for providing this information.

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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 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
Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON)
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Vincente GAUTHIER-- Place:
"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 (b.abt. 1635, , France d. 21 November 1670, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )
m. Jean DOYON 19 November 1650 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Jacques LESOT 21 April 1665 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) married

Françoise GODEAU-- Date: 30 September 1647 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:
Marie-Madeleine GAGNON (b.26 June 1650, Québec, Canada, New France d. 22 September 1680, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jean PICARD 18 November 1663 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Mathurin GAGNON (b.27 August 1653, Québec, Canada, New France d. abt. 1713, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France)
m. Charlotte COCHON 28 October 1686 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Françoise GAGNON (b.15 December 1655, Québec, Canada, New France d. 30 May 1680, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Louis PREVOST 21 February 1672 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Vincent GAGNON (b.27 August 1658, Québec, Canada, New France d. 26 November 1708, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Anne DAVID 12 October 1694 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Marie GAGNON (b.23 January 1662, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 10 February 1662, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )
Marguerite GAGNON (b.9 May 1663, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 16 April 1742, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Vital CARON 10 February 1686 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Jacques-François GAGNON (b.1 April 1665, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 18 November 1687, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )
Flavien GAGNON (b.28 August 1666, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 9 February 1679, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )
Jean GAGNON (b.26 March 1669, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. abt. 1681, , Québec Province, Canada )
Pierre GAGNON (b.3 September 1672, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 25 June 1744, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )
m. Helene CLOUTIER 28 February 1696 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Joseph GAGNON (b.23 March 1674, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 3 May 1676, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )
Joseph GAGNON (b.24 May 1677, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 11 December 1745, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France)
m. Marie-Marguerite CLOUTIER 26 January 1699 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)


"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:




m. Jean DOYON 19 November 1650 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Jacques LESOT 21 April 1665 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) married






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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:


m. Jean PICARD 18 November 1663 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)


m. Charlotte COCHON 28 October 1686 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)


m. Louis PREVOST 21 February 1672 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)



m. Marie-Anne DAVID 12 October 1694 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)




m. Vital CARON 10 February 1686 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)








m. Helene CLOUTIER 28 February 1696 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)




m. Marie-Marguerite CLOUTIER 26 January 1699 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
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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...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
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...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
'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
'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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jacques-François GAGNON was born 1 April 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
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) www.afhs.ab.ca/data/census/1666
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) www.afhs.ab.ca/data/census/1666

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jacques-François GAGNON died 18 November 1687, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
1690 Death Chateau Richer, Quebec
Death found in index for La Visitation de Notre Dame, Chateau Richer, Quebec in Drouin Collection.
1690 Mathurin Gagnon
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) [database on-line]. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
Death found in index for La Visitation de Notre Dame, Chateau Richer, Quebec in Drouin Collection.
1690 Mathurin Gagnon
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) [database on-line]. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
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:
occupation:
race: White
marital status: Unknown
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indexing project (batch) number: B03757-9
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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:
occupation:
race: White
marital status: Unknown
spouse's name:
father's name:
father's birthplace:
mother's name:
mother's birthplace:
indexing project (batch) number: B03757-9
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Mathurin is buried at: La-Visitation-de-Notre-Dame Cemetery Chateau-Richer Capitale-Nationale Region Quebec, Canada
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