Marie-Josephte GAGNON

(b. 29 August 1759 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France d. 10 July 1841 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East )

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Marie-Josephte GAGNON was born 29 August 1759 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte GAGNON was the child of Jean-Marie GAGNON and Marie-Josephte MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marie-Françoise ST-PIERRE (maternal) Charles MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) and Marie-Madeleine AUBERT

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Marie-Josephte married Francois PELLETIER 20 July 1778 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois PELLETIER was born 18 January 1756 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Francois died 14 December 1846 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Francois was the child of François PELLETIER and Geneviève MORNEAU.

Marie-Josephte GAGNON died 10 July 1841 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East.
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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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Marie-Josephte GAGNON married

Francois PELLETIER-- Date: 20 July 1778 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada
Francois PELLETIER was the child of François PELLETIER and Geneviève MORNEAU

Children of Francois PELLETIER and Marie-Josephte GAGNON:

Felicite PELLETIER (b.1 July 1789, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 May 1846, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East )
m. Alexandre DIONNE 24 October 1809 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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1759 Birth
29 August 1759
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France

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.

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.