Cecile GAGNON

(b. 2 May 1781 , L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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Cecile GAGNON was born 2 May 1781 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

Cecile GAGNON was the child of Etienne GAGNON and Francoise LAMY dite ORESTEILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marie-Françoise-Madeleine BOUTILLET (BOUTHILLET) (maternal) Mathieu ORESTEILLE dit LAMY and Elisabeth METIVIER

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Cecile married Pascal ROCHEFORT dit LURET 7 January 1806 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Pascal ROCHEFORT dit LURET was born 3 April 1774 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Pascal died 27 April 1828 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Pascal was the child of Joseph LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Marie-Françoise DEVIN.

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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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