Etienne-Basile GAGNE

(b. 25 September 1751 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 25 August 1832 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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Etienne-Basile GAGNE was born 25 September 1751 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Etienne-Basile GAGNE was the child of Etienne-Alexis GAGNÉ and Madeleine GRAVEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis GAGNÉ and Marie-Catherine CLOUTIER (maternal) Augustin GRAVEL and Elisabeth CARON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Etienne-Basile married Judith FORTIN 27 July 1774 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Judith FORTIN was born 30 December 1754 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Judith died 28 November 1807 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Judith was the child of Philippe FORTIN and Marie-Geneviève RICHARD.

Etienne-Basile GAGNE died 25 August 1832 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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Etienne-Basile GAGNE married

Judith FORTIN-- Date: 27 July 1774 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Judith FORTIN was the child of Philippe FORTIN and Marie-Geneviève RICHARD

Children of Etienne-Basile GAGNE and Judith FORTIN:

Pierre GAGNE (b.22 October 1783, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 October 1839, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite LEMIEUX 20 June 1803 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1751 Birth
25 September 1751
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Etienne-Basile GAGNE and Judith FORTIN 27 July 1774, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 22 years old.

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.

1783 Birth of Child
Pierre GAGNE was born 22 October 1783, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Etienne-Basile was 32 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1803 Marriage of Child
Pierre GAGNE married 20 June 1803, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Marguerite LEMIEUX