Jean-Baptiste GAGNON

(b. 21 October 1721 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 6 July 1766 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GAGNON was born 21 October 1721 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Marguerite CLOUTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) and Françoise GODEAU (BOUDEAU) (maternal) Charles CLOUTIER and Louise MORIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite MORISSET 26 October 1745 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Marguerite MORISSET was born 12 December 1723 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 10 December 1791 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marguerite was the child of Gentien MORISSET and Geneviève SIMON.

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON died 6 July 1766 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Morisset Marguerite

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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.

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Jean-Baptiste GAGNON married

Marguerite MORISSET-- Date: 26 October 1745 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marguerite MORISSET was the child of Gentien MORISSET and Geneviève SIMON

Children of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marguerite MORISSET:

Marguerite GAGNON (b.15 February 1752, Sainte-Marie, Canada, New France d. 13 February 1836, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Etienne GIRARD 16 February 1766 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON (b.17 January 1754, Sainte-Marie, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Angélique MATHIEU 30 September 1783 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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1721 Birth
21 October 1721
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marguerite MORISSET 26 October 1745 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marguerite GAGNON was born 15 February 1752, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GAGNON was born 17 January 1754, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

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.