Marguerite GAGNE

(b. abt. 1715 , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 June 1783 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite GAGNE was born abt. 1715 in Québec Province, Canada

Marguerite GAGNE was the child of François GAGNÉ and Elisabeth LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNÉ (GASNIER) dit BELLEAVANCE and Louise FAURE dite PLANCHET (maternal) Jean LANGLOIS and Marie-Françoise-Charlotte BELANGER

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Marguerite married Pierre DESTROISMAISONS 22 January 1739 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre DESTROISMAISONS was born abt. 1714 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre died 15 March 1793 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of François DESTROISMAISONS and Marie-Françoise DANIAU dite LAPRISE.

Marguerite GAGNE died 14 June 1783 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada.
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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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Marguerite GAGNE married

Pierre DESTROISMAISONS-- Date: 22 January 1739 Place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Pierre DESTROISMAISONS was the child of François DESTROISMAISONS and Marie-Françoise DANIAU dite LAPRISE

Children of Pierre DESTROISMAISONS and Marguerite GAGNE:

Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD (b.9 September 1742, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 26 November 1819, Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE dit LABONTE 7 October 1771 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1739 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite GAGNE and Pierre DESTROISMAISONS 22 January 1739, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

1742 Birth of Child
Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was born 9 September 1742, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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.

1771 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD married 7 October 1771, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE dit LABONTE

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.