Marie-Josephe GAGNON

(b. 14 July 1726 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 8 December 1781 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Josephe GAGNON was born 14 July 1726 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe GAGNON was the child of Jean GAGNON and Geneviève GAMACHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAGNON and Jeanne LOIGNON (maternal) Nicolas GAMACHE and Elisabeth-Ursule CLOUTIER

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Marie-Josephe married Joseph AUTIN 14 January 1754 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . Joseph AUTIN was born abt. 1726 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph died 18 May 1803 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Joseph was the child of Joseph AUTIN and Félicité MIVILLE.

Marie-Josephe GAGNON died 8 December 1781 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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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Joseph AUTIN-- Date: 14 January 1754 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Joseph AUTIN was the child of Joseph AUTIN and Félicité MIVILLE

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1726 Birth
14 July 1726
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe GAGNON and Joseph AUTIN 14 January 1754 , Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 27 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.

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.