Joseph-Marie GAGNON

(b. 28 November 1685 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 8 November 1761 , Les Éboulements, Canada )

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Joseph-Marie GAGNON was born 28 November 1685 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie GAGNON was the child of Jean GAGNON and Marguerite DROUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAGNON and Marguerite COCHON (CAUCHON) (maternal) Robert DROUIN and Marie CHAPELIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph-Marie married Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY 10 April 1709 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY was born 17 July 1688 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Madeleine died 28 October 1755 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine ROUSSIN.

Joseph-Marie GAGNON died 8 November 1761 in Les Éboulements, Canada .
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Joseph-Marie GAGNON married

Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY-- Date: 10 April 1709 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
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Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY was the child of Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine ROUSSIN

Joseph-Marie at 24 &
Madeleine at 21
10 April 1709
Petite-Rivière-St-François, Quebec
Canada

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Children of Joseph-Marie GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY:

Pierre GAGNON (b.4 June 1710, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 27 December 1757, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France )
m. Scholastique GIRARD 22 April 1737 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jeanne GAGNON (b.2 May 1712, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 10 December 1776, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Antoine BOUCHARD 20 November 1738 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Madeleine GAGNON (b.abt. 1714, , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 May 1785, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Louis-François GONTHIER 20 April 1733 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Geneviève GAGNON (b.29 June 1716, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 8 January 1776, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Thomas COTE 2 May 1735 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Josephte GAGNON (b.2 October 1718, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 19 February 1806, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Jean GONTHIER 11 November 1737 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
m. Jean-Baptiste MALTAIS 13 November 1753 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Clothilde GAGNON (b.2 October 1718, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 10 September 1719, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France )

Angélique GAGNON (b.2 October 1718, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 12 April 1776, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Prisque SIMARD 2 May 1735 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Rosalie GAGNON (b.8 June 1721, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 6 January 1781, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean MARTEL 9 November 1753 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Etienne GAGNON (b.20 December 1722, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 23 December 1784, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Madeleine GONTHIER 11 February 1743 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
m. Marie-Geneviève BOUCHARD 28 November 1747 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
m. Madeleine-Marguerite LAVOIE 20 April 1761 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
m. Marguerite-Euphronsine SIMARD 5 October 1767 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
m. Catherine PAQUET 13 January 1778 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Catherine GAGNON (b.28 September 1724, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 22 March 1802, La Malbaie, Lower Canada )
m. Charles BRASSARD 20 November 1752 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Charlotte GAGNON (b.13 August 1727, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 27 August 1811, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph LAVOIE 18 January 1745 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph GAGNON (b.19 May 1730, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 25 November 1815, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite HERVÉ (HARVEY) 29 July 1750 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Dominique GAGNON (b.19 May 1730, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marguerite GIRARD 17 January 1750 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
m. Ursule PILOTE 6 September 1761 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1685 Birth
28 November 1685
Château-Richer, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1709 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY 10 April 1709, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

He was 23 years old.

1710 Birth of Child
Pierre GAGNON was born 4 June 1710, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph-Marie was 24 years old.

1712 Birth of Child
Jeanne GAGNON was born 2 May 1712, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph-Marie was 26 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1716 Birth of Child
Geneviève GAGNON was born 29 June 1716, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph-Marie was 30 years old.

1718 Birth of Child
Angélique GAGNON was born 2 October 1718, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Joseph-Marie was 32 years old.

1718 Birth of Child
Marie-Clothilde GAGNON was born 2 October 1718, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph-Marie was 32 years old.

1718 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte GAGNON was born 2 October 1718, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph-Marie was 32 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1721 Birth of Child
Rosalie GAGNON was born 8 June 1721, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph-Marie was 35 years old.

1722 Birth of Child
Etienne GAGNON was born 20 December 1722, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph-Marie was 37 years old.

1724 Birth of Child
Catherine GAGNON was born 28 September 1724, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph-Marie was 38 years old.

1727 Birth of Child
Charlotte GAGNON was born 13 August 1727, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph-Marie was 41 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Dominique GAGNON was born 19 May 1730, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph-Marie was 44 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Joseph GAGNON was born 19 May 1730, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph-Marie was 44 years old.

1733 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine GAGNON married 20 April 1733, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Louis-François GONTHIER

1735 Marriage of Child
Angélique GAGNON married 2 May 1735 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Prisque SIMARD

1735 Marriage of Child
Geneviève GAGNON married 2 May 1735, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Thomas COTE

1737 Marriage of Child
Pierre GAGNON married 22 April 1737, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Scholastique GIRARD

1737 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte GAGNON married 11 November 1737, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jean GONTHIER

1738 Marriage of Child
Jeanne GAGNON married 20 November 1738, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Antoine BOUCHARD

1743 Marriage of Child
Etienne GAGNON married 11 February 1743, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie-Madeleine GONTHIER

1745 Marriage of Child
Charlotte GAGNON married 18 January 1745, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Joseph LAVOIE

1747 Marriage of Child
Etienne GAGNON married 28 November 1747, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Geneviève BOUCHARD

1750 Marriage of Child
Dominique GAGNON married 17 January 1750, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marguerite GIRARD

1750 Marriage of Child
Joseph GAGNON married 29 July 1750, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marguerite HERVÉ (HARVEY)

1752 Marriage of Child
Catherine GAGNON married 20 November 1752, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Charles BRASSARD

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Rosalie GAGNON married 9 November 1753, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jean MARTEL

1753 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte GAGNON married 13 November 1753, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jean-Baptiste MALTAIS

1755 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY died 28 October 1755, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1757 Death of Child
Pierre GAGNON died 27 December 1757, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph-Marie was 72 years old.

1761 Death
8 November 1761
Les Éboulements, Canada

He died at the age of 75.

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