Charles GAGNON

(b. 1 February 1745 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 25 January 1827 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada )

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Charles GAGNON was born 1 February 1745 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Charles 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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Charles married Marie-Louise COURTEMANCHE 11 October 1773 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise COURTEMANCHE was born 30 April 1750 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marie-Louise died 8 September 1822 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Pierre COURTEMANCHE and Marie-Anne FISSIAU dite LARAMÉE.

Charles GAGNON died 25 January 1827 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada.

m. Courtemanche Marie-Louise

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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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Marie-Louise COURTEMANCHE-- Date: 11 October 1773 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise COURTEMANCHE was the child of Pierre COURTEMANCHE and Marie-Anne FISSIAU dite LARAMÉE

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1745 Birth
1 February 1745
Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Charles GAGNON and Marie-Louise COURTEMANCHE 11 October 1773, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 28 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.