Genevieve GAGNON

(b. abt. 1720 , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 September 1771 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Genevieve GAGNON was born abt. 1720 in Québec Province, Canada

Genevieve GAGNON was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Geneviève CHAMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin GAGNON and Charlotte COCHON (maternal) Nicolas CHAMARD and Marie-Jeanne RENAUD

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Genevieve married Pierre BOUCHER 22 November 1740 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children. Pierre BOUCHER was born abt. 1720 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre died 5 January 1760 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Pierre BOUCHER and Marie-Françoise ALLAIRE.

Genevieve married (2) Ignace PARÉ 13 April 1761 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada . Ignace PARÉ was born 6 November 1725 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Ignace died 1 March 1781 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Ignace was the child of Ignace PARÉ and Agnès RACINE.

Genevieve GAGNON died 1 September 1771 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Boucher Pierre
m. Pare Ignace

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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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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Genevieve GAGNON

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Genevieve GAGNON married

Pierre BOUCHER-- Date: 22 November 1740 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Pierre BOUCHER was the child of Pierre BOUCHER and Marie-Françoise ALLAIRE

Children of Pierre BOUCHER and Genevieve GAGNON:

Marie-Genevieve BOUCHER (b.8 November 1741, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 16 December 1807, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph GAGNON 10 December 1761 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Monique-Euphrosine BOUCHER (b.15 November 1743, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 23 October 1814, Beauceville, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste RANCOURT 7 February 1763 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Pierre BOUCHER (b.17 November 1745, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 14 March 1827, Beauceville, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite QUIRION 12 January 1768 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Augustin BOUCHER (b.abt. 1750, , Québec Province, Canada d. 20 April 1803, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada)
m. Madeleine CARON 20 February 1775 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Genevieve GAGNON married

Ignace PARÉ-- Date: 13 April 1761 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada
Ignace PARÉ was the child of Ignace PARÉ and Agnès RACINE

Children of Ignace PARÉ and Genevieve GAGNON:

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1740 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve GAGNON and Pierre BOUCHER 22 November 1740 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

1741 Birth of Child
Marie-Genevieve BOUCHER was born 8 November 1741, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

1743 Birth of Child
Monique-Euphrosine BOUCHER was born 15 November 1743, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

1745 Birth of Child
Pierre BOUCHER was born 17 November 1745, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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

1760 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre BOUCHER died 5 January 1760 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

1761 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve GAGNON and Ignace PARÉ 13 April 1761 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

1761 Marriage of Child
Marie-Genevieve BOUCHER married 10 December 1761, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Joseph GAGNON

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.