Marguerite-Euphrosine GAGNON

Born

8 August 1740 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Died

15 July 1816 , Québec, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste GAGNON Marguerite LAVOIE

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Marguerite-Euphrosine GAGNON was born 8 August 1740 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Marguerite-Euphrosine 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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Marguerite-Euphrosine married Jean LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST 15 February 1762 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST was born abt. 1723 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean died 14 April 1806 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Jean was the child of Thomas LAFOREST and Rosalie DUCHESNE.

Marguerite-Euphrosine GAGNON died 15 July 1816 in Québec, Lower Canada .

m. Labranche Jean

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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 LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST-- Date: 15 February 1762 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada
Jean LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST was the child of Thomas LAFOREST and Rosalie DUCHESNE

Children of Jean LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST and Marguerite-Euphrosine GAGNON

Marguerite LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE (b.30 March 1763, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 July 1836, St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada)
m. Ignace RACINE 11 January 1785 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Jean LABRANCHE (b.13 November 1764, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 July 1839, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada)
m. Josephte RACINE 14 January 1800 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Geneviève LABRANCHE (b.21 August 1777, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 March 1819, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada )
m. Alexandre LEFEBVRE 30 September 1799 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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1740 Birth
8 August 1740
Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Euphrosine GAGNON and Jean LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST 15 February 1762, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

She was 21 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Marguerite LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE was born 30 March 1763, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Marguerite-Euphrosine was 22 years old.

1764 Birth of Child
Jean LABRANCHE was born 13 November 1764, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Marguerite-Euphrosine was 24 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Geneviève LABRANCHE was born 21 August 1777, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Marguerite-Euphrosine was 37 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE married 11 January 1785, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Ignace RACINE

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1799 Marriage of Child
Geneviève LABRANCHE married 30 September 1799, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Alexandre LEFEBVRE

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1800 Marriage of Child
Jean LABRANCHE married 14 January 1800, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre) to Josephte RACINE