Denis GAGNON

(b. abt. 1678 , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 March 1736 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Denis GAGNON was born abt. 1678 in Québec Province, Canada

Denis GAGNON was the child of Jean GAGNON and Marguerite DROUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAGNON and Marguerite COCHON (CAUCHON) (maternal) Robert DROUIN and Marie CHAPELIER

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Denis married Marie-Françoise MARIER (LEMARIÉ) 11 May 1727 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Françoise MARIER (LEMARIÉ) was born abt. 1699 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Françoise died 26 April 1763 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Françoise was the child of Michel MARIÉR (LEMARIÉ) and Françoise BRIÈRE.

Denis GAGNON died 28 March 1736 in Québec Province, 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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Denis GAGNON married

Marie-Françoise MARIER (LEMARIÉ)-- Date: 11 May 1727 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Françoise MARIER (LEMARIÉ) was the child of Michel MARIÉR (LEMARIÉ) and Françoise BRIÈRE

Children of Denis GAGNON and Marie-Françoise MARIER (LEMARIÉ):

Pierre GAGNON (b.6 June 1730, Québec, Canada, New France d. 11 August 1793, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada)
m. Euphrasie MAGUET (MAILLE) 14 October 1754 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*
m. Françoise ÉTHIER 19 February 1770 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Louise GAGNON (b.22 October 1732, Québec, Canada, New France d. 5 August 1765, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste NADON dit LETOURNEAU 22 January 1753 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

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