Geneviève GAGNON

(b. abt. 1724 , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 March 1788 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Geneviève GAGNON was born abt. 1724 in Québec Province, Canada

Geneviève 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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Geneviève married Joseph GUÉRET dit DUMONT 29 April 1748 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GUÉRET dit DUMONT was born abt. 1722 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph died 13 December 1755 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Joseph was the child of Jean GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Marie-Anne LABOURLIÈRE dite LAPLANTE.

Geneviève GAGNON died 10 March 1788 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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Geneviève GAGNON married

Joseph GUÉRET dit DUMONT-- Date: 29 April 1748 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Joseph GUÉRET dit DUMONT was the child of Jean GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Marie-Anne LABOURLIÈRE dite LAPLANTE

Children of Joseph GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Geneviève GAGNON:

Joseph DUMONT (b.7 April 1749, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 13 December 1826, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine LAMANDAIS 30 September 1771 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1748 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève GAGNON and Joseph GUÉRET dit DUMONT 29 April 1748, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

1749 Birth of Child
Joseph DUMONT was born 7 April 1749, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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

1755 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph GUÉRET dit DUMONT died 13 December 1755, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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
Joseph DUMONT married 30 September 1771, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Madeleine LAMANDAIS

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.