François GAGNÉ

(b. 18 February 1726 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 20 July 1766 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada )

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François GAGNÉ was born 18 February 1726 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

François GAGNÉ was the child of Louis GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE and Marie-Therese LESSARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GAGNÉ and Louise PICARD (maternal) Pierre LESSARD and Barbe FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE

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François married Marguerite-Ursule RICHARD 22 November 1751 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite-Ursule RICHARD was born 22 February 1719 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marguerite-Ursule died 16 June 1767 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marguerite-Ursule was the child of Pierre RICHARD and Elisabeth GAMACHE.

François GAGNÉ died 20 July 1766 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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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François GAGNÉ married

Marguerite-Ursule RICHARD-- Date: 22 November 1751 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Marguerite-Ursule RICHARD was the child of Pierre RICHARD and Elisabeth GAMACHE

Children of François GAGNÉ and Marguerite-Ursule RICHARD:

Brigitte GAGNE dite BELLAVANCE (b.5 October 1752, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 13 November 1790, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Etienne THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT) 7 November 1774 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Anicet GAGNÉ (b.16 April 1758, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 19 April 1814, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Scholastique GAGNÉ 30 January 1787 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1726 Birth
18 February 1726
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
François GAGNÉ and Marguerite-Ursule RICHARD 22 November 1751, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 25 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Brigitte GAGNE dite BELLAVANCE was born 5 October 1752, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

François was 26 years old.

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

1758 Birth of Child
Anicet GAGNÉ was born 16 April 1758, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

François was 32 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.