Joseph GAGNON

(b. 3 November 1720 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 4 April 1768 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph GAGNON was born 3 November 1720 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Joseph GAGNON was the child of Jean GAGNON and Geneviève GAMACHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAGNON and Jeanne LOIGNON (maternal) Nicolas GAMACHE and Elisabeth-Ursule CLOUTIER

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Joseph married Marie-Madeleine OUELLET 1 February 1751 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Madeleine OUELLET was born 31 August 1734 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Madeleine died 18 July 1789 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Joseph OUELLET and Madeleine MICHAUD.

Joseph GAGNON died 4 April 1768 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Joseph GAGNON

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Joseph GAGNON married

Marie-Madeleine OUELLET-- Date: 1 February 1751 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine OUELLET was the child of Joseph OUELLET and Madeleine MICHAUD

Children of Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine OUELLET:

Marie-Madeleine GAGNON (b.22 April 1753, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 5 November 1836, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine LEVESQUE 7 February 1774 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph-Toussaint GAGNON (b.23 July 1757, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 13 April 1819, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite DUBE 7 January 1782 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1720 Birth
3 November 1720
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine OUELLET 1 February 1751, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 30 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine GAGNON was born 22 April 1753, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph was 32 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Joseph-Toussaint GAGNON was born 23 July 1757, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph was 36 years old.

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.