Jacques GAGNE

(b. 14 April 1720 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 29 June 1771 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jacques GAGNE was born 14 April 1720 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jacques GAGNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNE and Claire BUTEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Olivier GAGNÉ and Elizabeth PEPIN (maternal) Pierre BUTEAU and Marie-Pérette LORIOT (LAURIAULT)

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Jacques married Marie-Anne GAGNON 22 July 1743 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne GAGNON was born abt. 1724 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne died 14 August 1805 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre GAGNON and Marie-Anne RACINE.

Jacques GAGNE died 29 June 1771 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Family and Children of Jacques GAGNE

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Jacques GAGNE married

Marie-Anne GAGNON-- Date: 22 July 1743 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne GAGNON was the child of Pierre GAGNON and Marie-Anne RACINE

Children of Jacques GAGNE and Marie-Anne GAGNON:

Pierre GAGNE (b.10 April 1744, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Madeleine PLANTE 11 November 1765 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Judith-Julie GAGNE (b.11 February 1763, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 April 1832, Joliette, Lower Canada )
m. Louis BAUDOIN 1 August 1784 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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1720 Birth
14 April 1720
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1743 Marriage / Partner
Jacques GAGNE and Marie-Anne GAGNON 22 July 1743 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Pierre GAGNE was born 10 April 1744, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 24 years old.

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.