Jean-Eloi GAGNON

(b. 20 October 1773 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 October 1808 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Eloi GAGNON was born 20 October 1773 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Eloi GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Madeleine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAGNON and Claire FOURNIER (maternal) Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Charlotte MORIN

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Jean-Eloi married Marie-Therese ST-PIERRE 22 August 1791 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Therese ST-PIERRE was born 7 April 1775 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Therese died 14 July 1829 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Therese was the child of Antoine ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Veronique JEAN.

Jean-Eloi GAGNON died 17 October 1808 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower 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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Jean-Eloi GAGNON married

Marie-Therese ST-PIERRE-- Date: 22 August 1791 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Marie-Therese ST-PIERRE was the child of Antoine ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Veronique JEAN

Children of Jean-Eloi GAGNON and Marie-Therese ST-PIERRE:

Angele GAGNON (b.15 December 1794, L'Islet, Lower Canada d. 15 August 1866, L'Islet, Canada East )
m. Basile POITRAS 6 June 1813 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1773 Birth
20 October 1773
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Eloi GAGNON and Marie-Therese ST-PIERRE 22 August 1791, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

He was 17 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Birth of Child
Angele GAGNON was born 15 December 1794, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Jean-Eloi was 21 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)