Pierre-Augustin GAGNÉ

(b. 3 March 1719 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 23 May 1799 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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Pierre-Augustin GAGNÉ was born 3 March 1719 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Pierre-Augustin GAGNÉ was the child of Louis-Augustin GAGNÉ and Elisabeth CHARLAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNÉ (GASNIER) dit BELLEAVANCE and Louise FAURE dite PLANCHET (maternal) Denis-Hyacinthe CHARLAND and Marie-Anne LÉTOURNEAU

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Pierre-Augustin married Genevieve PROULX 21 February 1757 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve PROULX was born 22 May 1732 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Genevieve died 28 May 1800 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Genevieve was the child of Joseph PROULX and Theodore-Dorothee BOUCHARD.

Pierre-Augustin GAGNÉ died 23 May 1799 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada .
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Pierre-Augustin GAGNÉ married

Genevieve PROULX-- Date: 21 February 1757 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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Genevieve PROULX was the child of Joseph PROULX and Theodore-Dorothee BOUCHARD

Children of Pierre-Augustin GAGNÉ and Genevieve PROULX:

Marie-Scholastique GAGNÉ (b.1 September 1766, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 December 1833, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Anicet GAGNÉ 30 January 1787 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1719 Birth
3 March 1719
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Augustin GAGNÉ and Genevieve PROULX 21 February 1757, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 38 years old.

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.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie-Scholastique GAGNÉ was born 1 September 1766, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Pierre-Augustin was 47 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.