flag male ancestor  Louis-Joseph  GAGNON

  (b. 29 September 1773 Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 17 April 1855 Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )  

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Louis-Joseph GAGNON was born 29 September 1773 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Louis-Joseph GAGNON was the child of Etienne GAGNON   and   Marguerite-Euphronsine SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph-Marie GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY (maternal)  Charles SIMARD and Charlotte GAGNON

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Louis-Joseph  married  Marguerite DURETTE 16 November 1790 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marguerite DURETTE  was born 25 October 1773 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Marguerite died 28 August 1832 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).  Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste DURETTE and Marie-Bibiane LABERGE.

Louis-Joseph GAGNON died 17 April 1855 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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!
Did You Know? 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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birth1773 Birth
29 September 1773
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
News1775 - 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.
marriage1790 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Joseph GAGNON and Marguerite DURETTE 16 November 1790, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 17 years old.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1791 Birth of Child
Helene GAGNON was born 22 August 1791, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis-Joseph was 17 years old.
1794 Birth of Child
Agnes GAGNON was born 9 February 1794, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis-Joseph was 20 years old.
1798 Birth of Child
Marguerite GAGNON was born 3 July 1798, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis-Joseph was 24 years old.
1806 Birth of Child
Louis-Georges GAGNON was born 28 March 1806, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis-Joseph was 32 years old.
marriage1808 Marriage of Child
Helene GAGNON married 27 September 1808, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Pierre ALLARD
marriage1812 Marriage of Child
Agnes GAGNON married 6 October 1812, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Francois VANDAL
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1825 Marriage of Child
Marguerite GAGNON married 1 February 1825, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Aimee TREMBLAY
marriage1826 Marriage of Child
Louis-Georges GAGNON married 21 November 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Olive TREMBLAY
1827 Death of Child
Agnes GAGNON died 18 August 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis-Joseph was 53 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite DURETTE died 28 August 1832, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
death1855 Death
17 April 1855
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

He died at the age of 81.
Added: 12/23/2023 3:02:38 PM - Updated: 1/25/2025 11:19:44 AM

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