Jean-Baptiste GAGNON

(b. 22 August 1782 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 May 1843 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East )

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Jean-Baptiste GAGNON was born 22 August 1782 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Genevieve-Marie OUELLET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marguerite LANGLAIS dite SERIEN (maternal) François-Thomas OUELLET and Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Marguerite LEVESQUE 27 January 1806 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite LEVESQUE was born 31 July 1787 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Marguerite died 9 January 1869 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Joseph-Toussaint LEVESQUE and Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU.

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON died 29 May 1843 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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