Jean-Baptiste GAGNON

(b. 17 March 1779 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 December 1809 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GAGNON was born 17 March 1779 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste 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):

Jean-Baptiste married Rose BOUCHARD 3 November 1807 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose BOUCHARD was born 1 March 1789 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Rose died 27 January 1875 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Rose was the child of Victor-Samson BOUCHARD and Marie-Anne-Madeleine TREMBLAY.

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON died 13 December 1809 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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