Alexis GAGNON

(b. 3 March 1783 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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Alexis GAGNON was born 3 March 1783 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Alexis GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Luce SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne GAGNON and Marie-Geneviève BOUCHARD (maternal) Joseph SIMARD and Cecile TREMBLAY

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

Alexis married Josephte-Luce BOUCHARD 4 February 1806 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte-Luce BOUCHARD was born 21 March 1782 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Josephte-Luce died 13 May 1813 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Josephte-Luce was the child of Antoine BOUCHARD and Marie-Josephte GRENON.

Alexis married (2) Madeleine TREMBLAY 31 August 1813 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Madeleine TREMBLAY was born 7 July 1782 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Madeleine died 28 November 1845 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Madeleine was the child of François TREMBLAY and Madeleine BAUCHER dite MORENCY.

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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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