Geneviève GAGNON

(b. 11 February 1720 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 21 April 1805 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève GAGNON was born 11 February 1720 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Geneviève GAGNON was the child of Noel GAGNON and Marie-Angélique CLOUTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel GAGNON and Marie-Geneviève FORTIN (maternal) Charles CLOUTIER dit DAUMONT and Anne THIBAULT

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Geneviève married Etienne ALLAIRE (DALLAIRE) 3 January 1739 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France . Etienne ALLAIRE (DALLAIRE) was born 5 March 1712 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Etienne died 11 June 1803 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Etienne was the child of Charles ALLAIRE and Marie BIDET.

Geneviève GAGNON died 21 April 1805 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Etienne ALLAIRE (DALLAIRE)-- Date: 3 January 1739 Place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Etienne ALLAIRE (DALLAIRE) was the child of Charles ALLAIRE and Marie BIDET

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1720 Birth
11 February 1720
Château-Richer, Canada, New France

1739 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève GAGNON and Etienne ALLAIRE (DALLAIRE) 3 January 1739, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

She was 18 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.

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.