Marie-Claire GAGNON

(b. 10 April 1754 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 11 April 1797 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Claire GAGNON was born 10 April 1754 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Marie-Claire GAGNON was the child of Prisque GAGNON and Marie-Claire MORNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexandre GAGNON and Angélique CARON (maternal) François MORNEAU and Angélique BERNIER

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Marie-Claire married Gabriel MOREAU 23 October 1775 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Gabriel MOREAU was born 19 January 1747 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Gabriel was the child of Ignace MOREAU dit LAGRANGE and Marie-Jeanne AUDET dite LAPOINTE.

Marie-Claire GAGNON died 11 April 1797 in L'Islet, 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-Claire GAGNON married

Gabriel MOREAU-- Date: 23 October 1775 Place: L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Gabriel MOREAU was the child of Ignace MOREAU dit LAGRANGE and Marie-Jeanne AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Children of Gabriel MOREAU and Marie-Claire GAGNON:

Marguerite MOREAU (b.3 February 1784, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 April 1854, L'Islet, Canada East )
m. François-Benonie CLOUTIER 9 September 1802 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1754 Birth
10 April 1754
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Claire GAGNON and Gabriel MOREAU 23 October 1775, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

She was 21 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)

1784 Birth of Child
Marguerite MOREAU was born 3 February 1784, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Marie-Claire was 29 years old.

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

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