Abraham GAGNON

(b. 19 May 1770 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 December 1851 , Napierville, Canada East )

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Abraham GAGNON was born 19 May 1770 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Abraham GAGNON was the child of Etienne GAGNON and Marguerite-Euphronsine SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Marie GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY (maternal) Charles SIMARD and Charlotte GAGNON

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

Abraham married Ursule TREMBLAY 20 October 1790 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Ursule TREMBLAY was born 5 November 1774 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Ursule died 16 January 1832 in Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada. Ursule was the child of Louis-Marie TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD.

Abraham GAGNON died 23 December 1851 in Napierville, Canada East .
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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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