Antoinette GAGNON

(b. 30 April 1790 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 March 1867 , Chicoutimi-Nord, Canada East )

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Antoinette GAGNON was born 30 April 1790 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Antoinette GAGNON was the child of Augustin GAGNON and Therese TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois GAGNON and Catherine PARENT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Angélique SIMARD

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Antoinette married Vital FORTIN 14 August 1810 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Vital FORTIN was born 27 January 1787 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Vital died 24 January 1844 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Vital was the child of Joseph FORTIN and Marie-Silvie TREMBLAY.

Antoinette GAGNON died 10 March 1867 in Chicoutimi-Nord, 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.

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