Geneviève GAGNON

(b. 17 August 1692 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 20 April 1745 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France )

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Geneviève GAGNON was born 17 August 1692 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Geneviève GAGNON was the child of Noel GAGNON and Marie-Geneviève FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNON and Vincente DESVARIEUX (DEVARIEUX) (maternal) Julien FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE and Geneviève GAMACHE

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Geneviève married Claude RACINE 25 February 1710 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Claude RACINE was born 6 September 1684 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Claude died 10 December 1749 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Claude was the child of Étienne RACINE and Catherine GUYON.

Geneviève GAGNON died 20 April 1745 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France .
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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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