Jean MAGNAN (LEMAGNAN)

Born

abt. 1629 , France

Died

19 August 1691 , Sorel, Canada, New France

Cause of Death: Killed by Iroquois.

Jean married Pierrette BOUGON abt. 1650 in France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierrette BOUGON was born abt. 1625 in France.

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Jean was a Carignan-Salières soldier, arriving in New France in 1665.
Learn more: Who Were the The Carignan-Salières Regiment? Uncovering the Heroes of New France

son of Jean Lemganan dit Meunier and Nonnette Brung

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Recorded occupation: Carignan-Salières soldier - Dugué Company

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean MAGNAN (LEMAGNAN)

Jean MAGNAN (LEMAGNAN) married

Pierrette BOUGON
Marriage date: abt. 1650
Marriage place: , France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marriage notes:

PRDH does not seem to have information on this marriage. There is information on the baptisms of two children - one in 1675 and one in 1677 both in Sorel.

Jean Magnan Lageauge and Pierrette Bougon

Children of Jean MAGNAN (LEMAGNAN) and Pierrette BOUGON

Catherine MAGNAN

Born: abt. 1650, , France
Died: 15 February 1694, Sorel, Canada, New France

Married: Charles VANET dit PARISIEN 1674 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1681 Saint-Francois-du-Lac (La Seigneurie de Saurel), QC, Canada

Jean Lemagnan, charpentier, 52 ans; Perette Bougon, sa femme, 56 ans, 2 fusils, 5 betes-a-cornes, 8 arpents

Title Revue canadienne
Publisher Revue canadienne, 1886
Original from Oxford University
Digitized Sep 24, 2007
Page 397

1691 Death

Death found at Saint Pierre de Sorel, Quebec in Drouin Collection

19 Aug 1691

Jean Le Magnan

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Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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