Marie-Agathe GAGNON

(b. 21 December 1736 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 15 December 1819 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Agathe GAGNON was born 21 December 1736 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Marie-Agathe GAGNON was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marie-Françoise-Madeleine BOUTILLET (BOUTHILLET) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAGNON and Agathe BELANGER (maternal) Jacques BOUTILLET (BOUTHILLET) and Marguerite VERREAULT (VERREAU)

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Marie-Agathe married Pierre-Noel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD 11 January 1768 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre-Noel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD was born 27 December 1741 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Noel died 31 December 1806 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Pierre-Noel was the child of Pierre-Noel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Madeleine MORIN.

Marie-Agathe GAGNON died 15 December 1819 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower 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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Marie-Agathe GAGNON married

Pierre-Noel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD-- Date: 11 January 1768 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre-Noel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD was the child of Pierre-Noel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Madeleine MORIN

Children of Pierre-Noel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Marie-Agathe GAGNON:

Agathe DESTROISMAISONS (b.24 November 1768, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 February 1850, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East )
m. Simon PARE 17 April 1787 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Marie-Madeleine DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD (b.23 June 1770, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 December 1855, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East )
m. François FORTIER 22 January 1788 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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1736 Birth
21 December 1736
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Agathe GAGNON and Pierre-Noel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD 11 January 1768, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

She was 31 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Agathe DESTROISMAISONS was born 24 November 1768, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Marie-Agathe was 31 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was born 23 June 1770, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Marie-Agathe was 33 years old.

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Agathe DESTROISMAISONS married 17 April 1787, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Simon PARE

1788 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD married 22 January 1788, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to François FORTIER

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1806 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre-Noel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD died 31 December 1806, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Death
15 December 1819
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 83.

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