Marguerite-Abondance LETOURNEAU

(b. 22 December 1749 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 17 January 1793 , Château-Richer, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite-Abondance LETOURNEAU was born 22 December 1749 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marguerite-Abondance LETOURNEAU was the child of Louis LETOURNEAU and Marie-Marthe DEBLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis LÉTOURNEAU and Anne BLOUIN (maternal) Germain DEBLOIS and Marie DUPONT

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Marguerite-Abondance married Noel-Amable GAGNON 5 February 1776 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Noel-Amable GAGNON was born 6 July 1744 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Noel-Amable died 26 June 1832 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Noel-Amable was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marie-Louise JOBIDON.

Marguerite-Abondance LETOURNEAU died 17 January 1793 in Château-Richer, Lower 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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Marguerite-Abondance LETOURNEAU married

Noel-Amable GAGNON-- Date: 5 February 1776 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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Noel-Amable GAGNON was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marie-Louise JOBIDON

Children of Noel-Amable GAGNON and Marguerite-Abondance LETOURNEAU:

Jean GAGNON (b.25 October 1776, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 January 1867, Château-Richer, Canada East )
m. Madeleine COTE 23 October 1804 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

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1749 Birth
22 December 1749
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.

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Abondance LETOURNEAU and Noel-Amable GAGNON 5 February 1776, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 26 years old.

1776 Birth of Child
Jean GAGNON was born 25 October 1776, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Marguerite-Abondance was 26 years old.

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