Anicet GAGNÉ

(b. 16 April 1758 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 19 April 1814 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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Anicet GAGNÉ was born 16 April 1758 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Anicet GAGNÉ was the child of François GAGNÉ and Marguerite-Ursule RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE and Marie-Therese LESSARD (maternal) Pierre RICHARD and Elisabeth GAMACHE

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Anicet married Marie-Scholastique GAGNÉ 30 January 1787 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Scholastique GAGNÉ was born 1 September 1766 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Scholastique died 15 December 1833 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Scholastique was the child of Pierre-Augustin GAGNÉ and Genevieve PROULX.

Anicet GAGNÉ died 19 April 1814 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada .
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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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Anicet GAGNÉ married

Marie-Scholastique GAGNÉ-- Date: 30 January 1787 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie-Scholastique GAGNÉ was the child of Pierre-Augustin GAGNÉ and Genevieve PROULX

Children of Anicet GAGNÉ and Marie-Scholastique GAGNÉ:

Genevieve GAGNÉ (b.31 January 1788, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Louis BLANCHET 6 July 1812 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1758 Birth
16 April 1758
Cap-St-Ignace, 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Anicet GAGNÉ and Marie-Scholastique GAGNÉ 30 January 1787, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 28 years old.

1788 Birth of Child
Genevieve GAGNÉ was born 31 January 1788, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Anicet was 29 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1812 Marriage of Child
Genevieve GAGNÉ married 6 July 1812, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Louis BLANCHET