Elzear GAGNON

(b. 10 June 1840 , Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada d. 17 January 1893 , St Fabien, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada )

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Elzear GAGNON was born 10 June 1840 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

Elzear GAGNON was the child of Joseph-Abraham GAGNON and Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Barthelemy GAGNON and Marie-Catherine GARON (maternal) Antoine ROUSSEAU and Marie-Thérèse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

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

Elzear married Marcelline LEBEL 28 February 1865 in St Eloi, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marcelline LEBEL was born 29 December 1847 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Marcelline died 18 July 1926 in Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore). Marcelline was the child of Joseph LEBEL and Marie-Sophie MIGNOT dite LABRIE.

Elzear GAGNON died 17 January 1893 in St Fabien, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.

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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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