Marie-Françoise GAGNON

(b. 8 October 1746 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 30 September 1824 , Essex, , Upper Canada )

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Marie-Françoise GAGNON was born 8 October 1746 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Françoise GAGNON was the child of François GAGNON and Marie-Thecle DEBLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Marguerite CLOUTIER (maternal) Germain DEBLOIS and Marie DUPONT

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

Marie-Françoise married Pierre Francois BENETEAU dit LABALEINE 8 September 1767 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre Francois BENETEAU dit LABALEINE was born 31 August 1745 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Pierre Francois died 3 March 1803 in Essex, , Ontario, Canada.

Marie-Françoise GAGNON died 30 September 1824 in Essex, , Upper 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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Marie-Françoise GAGNON married

Pierre Francois BENETEAU dit LABALEINE-- Date: 8 September 1767 Place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
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Children of Pierre Francois BENETEAU dit LABALEINE and Marie-Françoise GAGNON:

Pierre BENETEAU (b.27 February 1785, Assumption, Quebec (Ontario), Canada d. 21 October 1827, Amherstburg, , Upper Canada)
m. Mary Jane GIGNAC 1 October 1811

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1746 Birth
8 October 1746
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise GAGNON and Pierre Francois BENETEAU dit LABALEINE 8 September 1767, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 20 years old.

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.