Joseph GAGNON

(b. 19 May 1730 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 25 November 1815 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )

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Joseph GAGNON was born 19 May 1730 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Joseph GAGNON was the child of Joseph-Marie GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAGNON and Marguerite DROUIN (maternal) Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine ROUSSIN

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

Joseph married Marguerite HERVÉ (HARVEY) 29 July 1750 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marguerite HERVÉ (HARVEY) was born 6 August 1728 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marguerite died 15 April 1818 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Marguerite was the child of Sebastien HERVE and Rosalie-Marie TREMBLAY.

Joseph GAGNON died 25 November 1815 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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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