Louis GAGNON

Born

24 August 1735 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Died

26 April 1826 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste GAGNON Marguerite LAVOIE

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Louis GAGNON was born 24 August 1735 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Louis GAGNON was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marguerite LAVOIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin GAGNON and Charlotte COCHON (maternal) Joseph LAVOIE and Marie-Françoise GUIMOND

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Louis married Geneviève PARENT 26 January 1762 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève PARENT was born abt. 1737 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Geneviève died 28 January 1813 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Geneviève was the child of Michel-Jean PARENT and Genevieve CHRETIEN.

Louis GAGNON died 26 April 1826 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada.

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Gagnon Family Legacy - Ceramic Mug

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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Louis GAGNON married

Geneviève PARENT-- Date: 26 January 1762 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada
Geneviève PARENT was the child of Michel-Jean PARENT and Genevieve CHRETIEN

Children of Louis GAGNON and Geneviève PARENT

Charles GAGNON (b.19 October 1768, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 February 1854, Bonsecours, Canada East )
m. Marie-Anne CHAYER 9 February 1807 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

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1735 Birth
24 August 1735
Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Louis GAGNON and Geneviève PARENT 26 January 1762 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 26 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.

1768 Birth of Child
Charles GAGNON was born 19 October 1768, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Louis was 33 years old.

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.