Joseph GAGNON

(b. 27 December 1651 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 28 April 1680 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France )

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Joseph GAGNON was born 27 December 1651 in Québec, Canada, New France

Joseph GAGNON was the child of Pierre GAGNON and Vincente DESVARIEUX (DEVARIEUX) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNON (GAIGNON) and Renée-Madeleine ROGER

Joseph GAGNON died 28 April 1680 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France .
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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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1651 Birth
27 December 1651
Québec, Canada, New France

Baptism
Josephus Gaignon
born 27 December 1651
baptised 19 February 1652
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1652 Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

Death
name: Joseph Gaignon
gender: Male
burial date: 29 Apr 1680
burial place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
death date: 28 Apr 1680
death place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
age: 28
birth date: 1652
birthplace:
occupation:
race: White
marital status: Single
spouse's name:
father's name: Pierre Gaignon
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Vincente Desvarieux
mother's birthplace:
indexing project (batch) number: B03757-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1018161
reference number: p 11 s 1

'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch.org
familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
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