Joseph
GAGNON
(b.
20 January 1829
,
Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
d.
9 January 1877
,
La Baie, Québec, Canada
)
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GAGNON Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!
Joseph GAGNON was born 20 January 1829 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
Joseph GAGNON was the child of Thomas GAGNON and Venerande-Anselme GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gervais GAGNON and Geneviève TREMBLAY (maternal) Louis GIRARD and Felicite FORTINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Sara BOUCHARD 11 June 1849 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sara BOUCHARD was born 16 March 1829 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Sara died 26 October 1859 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Sara was the child of Damase BOUCHARD and Helene GIRARD.
Joseph GAGNON died 9 January 1877 in La Baie, Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Joseph appear below.
Gagnon Family Legacy - Ceramic Mug
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!
Occupation
Joseph GAGNON was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.
He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Joseph GAGNON was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.
He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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