Marie-Angelique GAGNON

(b. 17 February 1749 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 5 February 1810 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Angelique GAGNON was born 17 February 1749 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Marie-Angelique GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Angélique PERRAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNON and Marie-Anne-Helene LACROIX (maternal) Bertrand PERRAULT (PERROT) and Angélique SIMON

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

Marie-Angelique married Antoine LESSARD 8 February 1773 in Château-Richer, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine LESSARD was born 11 June 1751 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Antoine died 13 June 1833 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Antoine was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESSARD and Anne GAGNON.

Marie-Angelique GAGNON died 5 February 1810 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, 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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Marie-Angelique GAGNON married

Antoine LESSARD-- Date: 8 February 1773 Place: Château-Richer, Province of Québec, Canada
Antoine LESSARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESSARD and Anne GAGNON

Children of Antoine LESSARD and Marie-Angelique GAGNON:

Genevieve LESSARD (b.26 October 1777, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 August 1839, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre FILION 25 September 1798 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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1749 Birth
17 February 1749
Château-Richer, 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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Angelique GAGNON and Antoine LESSARD 8 February 1773, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

She was 23 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.