Pierre GAGNON

(b. 4 June 1710 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 27 December 1757 , Les Éboulements, Canada, New France )

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Pierre GAGNON was born 4 June 1710 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Pierre GAGNON was the child of Joseph-Marie GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAGNON and Marguerite DROUIN (maternal) Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine ROUSSIN

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Pierre married Scholastique GIRARD 22 April 1737 in Les Éboulements, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Scholastique GIRARD was born 6 August 1720 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Scholastique was the child of Pierre-Louis GIRARD and Marguerite TARDIF.

Pierre GAGNON died 27 December 1757 in Les Éboulements, 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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Pierre GAGNON married

Scholastique GIRARD-- Date: 22 April 1737 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
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Scholastique GIRARD was the child of Pierre-Louis GIRARD and Marguerite TARDIF

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Children of Pierre GAGNON and Scholastique GIRARD:

Marie-Agathe GAGNON (b.8 April 1738, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 1 March 1824, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. François LAVOIE 24 January 1757 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre GAGNON (b.7 June 1740, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 23 March 1811, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite LAVOIE 26 January 1762 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Jean-Baptiste-Laurent GAGNON (b.21 January 1743, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 8 November 1827, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise BOUCHER 13 August 1770 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)
m. Marie Josephe THÉRIAULT 9 January 1810 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Scholastique-Pelagie GAGNON (b.15 January 1745, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 6 August 1809, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre TREMBLAY 24 November 1766 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis-Antoine-Sylvestre GAGNON (b.30 December 1746, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 24 March 1781, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Julie GUAY (CASTONGUAY) 12 August 1771 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Luce GAGNON (b.13 December 1748, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 4 May 1790, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Antoine BOIVIN 11 November 1771 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Rose GAGNON (b.18 February 1751, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Joseph POITEVIN dit POTVIN 21 November 1774 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Anne GAGNON (b.3 July 1753, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 1 December 1817, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Bruno TREMBLAY 21 November 1771 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Charlotte GAGNON (b.2 October 1755, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 9 June 1791, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

Julie GAGNON (b.15 July 1757, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 28 September 1781, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Louis-Marie GAGNE 27 November 1775 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1710 Birth
4 June 1710
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1737 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GAGNON and Scholastique GIRARD 22 April 1737, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 26 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Marie-Agathe GAGNON was born 8 April 1738, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre was 27 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Pierre GAGNON was born 7 June 1740, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre was 30 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Laurent GAGNON was born 21 January 1743, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre was 32 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Scholastique-Pelagie GAGNON was born 15 January 1745, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre was 34 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Louis-Antoine-Sylvestre GAGNON was born 30 December 1746, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre was 36 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Luce GAGNON was born 13 December 1748, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre was 38 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose GAGNON was born 18 February 1751, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre was 40 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GAGNON was born 3 July 1753, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre was 43 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Charlotte GAGNON was born 2 October 1755, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre was 45 years old.

1757 Death
27 December 1757
Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

He died at the age of 47.

1757 Birth of Child
Julie GAGNON was born 15 July 1757, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre was 47 years old.

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