François-Xavier GAGNON

(b. 3 June 1753 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 8 March 1809 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada )

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François-Xavier GAGNON was born 3 June 1753 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

François-Xavier GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Felicite MORNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexandre GAGNON and Angélique CARON (maternal) François MORNEAU and Angélique BERNIER

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François-Xavier married Marthe SARCELLIER 2 July 1776 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marthe SARCELLIER was born abt. 1756 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marthe died 22 August 1791 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marthe was the child of Jacques-Louis SARCELLIER and Marie-Josephte DEVIN.

François-Xavier GAGNON died 8 March 1809 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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François-Xavier GAGNON married

Marthe SARCELLIER-- Date: 2 July 1776 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada
Marthe SARCELLIER was the child of Jacques-Louis SARCELLIER and Marie-Josephte DEVIN

Children of François-Xavier GAGNON and Marthe SARCELLIER:

Julie GAGNON (b.abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 April 1844, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East)
m. Louis JEAN 10 October 1797 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1753 Birth
3 June 1753
L'Islet, Canada, New France

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.