Geneviève GAGNON

(b. 22 December 1765 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 November 1835 , Rimouski, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève GAGNON was born 22 December 1765 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Geneviève GAGNON was the child of Joseph-Antoine GAGNON and Geneviève BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine GAGNON and Reine-Therese OUELLET (maternal) Philippe BOUCHER and Marie DIONNE

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Geneviève married Francois BRISSON 23 February 1784 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Francois BRISSON was born abt. 1759 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Francois died 7 September 1818 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Francois was the child of Francois BRISSON and Madeleine LANDIS.

Geneviève GAGNON died 29 November 1835 in Rimouski, 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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