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!
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'Raphael was born on 18 July 1656 and baptized on 2 August at Quebec. He died on 20 October 1687 and was buried two days later at Chateau-Richer.'
Thomas J. Laforest Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 106
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Raphael Gaignon 2 August 1656 Notre-Dame-de-Québec
Birth — 1656 18 July 1656 Québec, Canada, New France
1666 Canadian Census - Montmorency County, Quebec
Jean Gaignon, habitant, 55 years Marguerite Cochon, 46 years Jeanne Gaignon, 24 years Jean Gaignon, 18 years Germain Gaignon, 13 years Raphael Gaignon, 10 years Marie Gaignon, 5 years Etienne Mesny, domestique, engage, 22 years
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Birth — 1656
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