Helene GAGNON

Born

6 February 1720 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

4 December 1783 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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Joseph GAGNON Marie-Marguerite CLOUTIER

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Born: 6 February 1720 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph GAGNON

Mother: Marie-Marguerite CLOUTIER

Paternal grandparents: Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) , Françoise GODEAU (BOUDEAU)

Maternal grandparents: Charles CLOUTIER , Louise MORIN

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Helene married Louis-Laurent DEBLOIS 2 August 1745 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Laurent DEBLOIS was born 10 August 1725 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Louis-Laurent died 9 January 1783 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Louis-Laurent was the child of Simon DEBLOIS and Marguerite GUERARD.

Helene GAGNON died 4 December 1783 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Deblois Louis-Laurent

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Helene GAGNON married

Louis-Laurent DEBLOIS
Marriage date: 2 August 1745
Marriage place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Louis-Laurent DEBLOIS was the child of Simon DEBLOIS and Marguerite GUERARD

Children of Louis-Laurent DEBLOIS and Helene GAGNON

Marie-Louise DEBLOIS

Born: 8 September 1748, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 8 November 1814, St-Paul-de-Lavaltrie, Quebec, Canada

Married: Hyacinthe MARTINEAU 27 February 1764 Place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1720
6 February 1720
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Helene GAGNON and Louis-Laurent DEBLOIS 2 August 1745 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 25 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DEBLOIS was born 8 September 1748, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Helene was 28 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1764 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise DEBLOIS married 27 February 1764, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Hyacinthe MARTINEAU

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.