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 )

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Angélique GAGNON was born 2 October 1718 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Angélique GAGNON was the child of Joseph-Marie GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAGNON and Marguerite DROUIN (maternal) Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine ROUSSIN

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

Angélique married Prisque SIMARD 2 May 1735 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Prisque SIMARD was born 11 June 1709 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Prisque died 3 May 1774 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Prisque was the child of Noel SIMARD and Anne DODIER.

Angélique GAGNON died 12 April 1776 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, 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.
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Family and Children of Angélique GAGNON

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Angélique GAGNON married

Prisque SIMARD-- Date: 2 May 1735 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Prisque SIMARD was the child of Noel SIMARD and Anne DODIER

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Children of Prisque SIMARD and Angélique GAGNON:

Madeleine-Rose SIMARD (b.7 September 1736, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 10 October 1779, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Dominique LAVOIE 7 January 1754 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Louis-Prisque SIMARD (b.23 June 1738, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 2 October 1793, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada )
m. Geneviève LAVOIE 31 January 1763 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Marie-Scholastique SIMARD (b.5 May 1740, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. , )

Angélique SIMARD (b.abt. 1741, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 6 September 1825, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 14 September 1761 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Claude-Jean-Francois SIMARD (b.13 March 1743, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 13 January 1823, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada )
m. Euphronsine AMIOT dite VILLENEUVE 22 November 1768 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Emerentienne SIMARD (b.15 May 1745, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 10 July 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Unknown UNKNOWN 1771

Marie-Judith SIMARD (b.29 July 1747, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 16 August 1747, )

Augustin SIMARD (b.29 July 1747, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. , )

Pelagie-Victoire SIMARD (b.6 September 1748, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 6 March 1791, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada)

Joseph SIMARD (b.19 March 1751, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. , )

Rosalie SIMARD (b.19 March 1751, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 3 March 1752, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France )

Henri SIMARD (b.8 September 1754, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. , )

Jean-Francois SIMARD (b.24 October 1756, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. , )

Stanislas SIMARD (b.14 February 1758, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. , )

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1718 Birth
2 October 1718
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

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

1735 Marriage / Partner
Angélique GAGNON and Prisque SIMARD 2 May 1735 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 16 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Madeleine-Rose SIMARD was born 7 September 1736, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Angélique was 17 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Louis-Prisque SIMARD was born 23 June 1738, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Angélique was 19 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Marie-Scholastique SIMARD was born 5 May 1740, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Angélique was 21 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Claude-Jean-Francois SIMARD was born 13 March 1743, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Angélique was 24 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Emerentienne SIMARD was born 15 May 1745, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Angélique was 26 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Augustin SIMARD was born 29 July 1747, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Angélique was 28 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Marie-Judith SIMARD was born 29 July 1747, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Angélique was 28 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Pelagie-Victoire SIMARD was born 6 September 1748, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Angélique was 29 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Joseph SIMARD was born 19 March 1751, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Angélique was 32 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Rosalie SIMARD was born 19 March 1751, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Angélique was 32 years old.

1752 Death of Child
Rosalie SIMARD died 3 March 1752, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Angélique was 33 years old.

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

1754 Marriage of Child
Madeleine-Rose SIMARD married 7 January 1754, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Dominique LAVOIE

1754 Birth of Child
Henri SIMARD was born 8 September 1754, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Angélique was 35 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Jean-Francois SIMARD was born 24 October 1756, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Angélique was 38 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Stanislas SIMARD was born 14 February 1758, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Angélique was 39 years old.

1761 Marriage of Child
Angélique SIMARD married 14 September 1761, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Louis-Prisque SIMARD married 31 January 1763, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Geneviève LAVOIE

1768 Marriage of Child
Claude-Jean-Francois SIMARD married 22 November 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Euphronsine AMIOT dite VILLENEUVE

1774 Death of Spouse/Partner
Prisque SIMARD died 3 May 1774, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

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.