Jean-Baptiste GAGNON

(b. 17 March 1779 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 December 1809 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GAGNON was born 17 March 1779 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Luce SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne GAGNON and Marie-Geneviève BOUCHARD (maternal) Joseph SIMARD and Cecile TREMBLAY

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

Jean-Baptiste married Rose BOUCHARD 3 November 1807 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose BOUCHARD was born 1 March 1789 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Rose died 27 January 1875 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Rose was the child of Victor-Samson BOUCHARD and Marie-Anne-Madeleine TREMBLAY.

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON died 13 December 1809 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean-Baptiste GAGNON married

Rose BOUCHARD-- Date: 3 November 1807 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Rose BOUCHARD was the child of Victor-Samson BOUCHARD and Marie-Anne-Madeleine TREMBLAY

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Children of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Rose BOUCHARD:

Emilien GAGNON (b.5 December 1808, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 13 March 1870, )
m. Josephine FORTIN 4 November 1828 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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1779 Birth
17 March 1779
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

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

1807 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Rose BOUCHARD 3 November 1807, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 28 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Emilien GAGNON was born 5 December 1808, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.