HELP! flag male ancestor  Basile  GAGNON

  (b. 7 December 1757 Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France   d. 1 July 1848 Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )  

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Basile GAGNON was born 7 December 1757 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Basile GAGNON was the child of Mathurin GAGNON   and   Gertrude BLANCHET and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Mathurin GAGNON and Charlotte COCHON (maternal)  Guillaume BLANCHET and Marie-Anne GAGNÉ

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Basile  married  Marguerite CHARTIER 9 November 1784 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada .  Marguerite CHARTIER  was born 31 August 1762 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud).  Marguerite died 12 February 1829 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais).  Marguerite was the child of Michel CHARTIER and Marguerite MORIN.

Basile GAGNON died 1 July 1848 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada .

m. Marguerite Chartier
9 November 1784
St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud


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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!
Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Basile GAGNON married flag female ancestor Marguerite CHARTIER-- Date: 9 November 1784 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite CHARTIER was the child of Michel CHARTIER and Marguerite MORIN




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birth1757 Birth
7 December 1757
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
News1775 - 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.
marriage1784 Marriage / Partner
Basile GAGNON and Marguerite CHARTIER 9 November 1784, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 26 years old.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
1829 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite CHARTIER died 12 February 1829, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
death1848 Death
1 July 1848
Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 90.
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