Ignace GAGNON

(b. 16 August 1721 , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 February 1802 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )

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Ignace GAGNON was born 16 August 1721 in Québec Province, Canada

Ignace GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Anne LUNEAU (LOUINEAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Robert GAGNON (GASGNON) and Marie PARENTEAU (maternal) Pierre LUNEAU (LOUINEAU) and Marie BERTIN dite BREVAL

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Ignace married Marie-Barbe PETIT abt. 1747 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Barbe PETIT was born 9 December 1729 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marie-Barbe died 18 March 1808 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie-Barbe was the child of Nicolas PETIT and Marie-Jeanne SYLVESTRE.

Ignace GAGNON died 17 February 1802 in Sainte-Marie, 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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Ignace GAGNON married

Marie-Barbe PETIT-- Date: abt. 1747 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Barbe PETIT was the child of Nicolas PETIT and Marie-Jeanne SYLVESTRE

Children of Ignace GAGNON and Marie-Barbe PETIT:

Augustin GAGNON (b.26 May 1765, Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 February 1846, Sainte-Marie, Canada East )
m. Marie-Gertrude MORISSET (MORISSETTE) 22 July 1788 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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1721 Birth
16 August 1721
Québec Province, Canada

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.

1765 Birth of Child
Augustin GAGNON was born 26 May 1765, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Ignace was 43 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)

1788 Marriage of Child
Augustin GAGNON married 22 July 1788, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Marie-Gertrude MORISSET (MORISSETTE)

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)