flag female ancestor  Françoise  TURCOTTE

  (b. 15 June 1804 Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada   d. 8 October 1894 Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada )  

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Françoise TURCOTTE was born 15 June 1804 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Françoise TURCOTTE was the child of Michel TURCOTTE   and   Geneviève DROUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Basile TURCOTTE and Marie-Elisabeth GUYON (maternal)  Jacques DROUIN and Marie-Gertrude BAUCHER

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Françoise  married  François GAGNON 28 January 1828 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François GAGNON  was born 6 April 1795 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada.  François died 18 August 1880 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean).  François was the child of Louis GAGNON and Marie-Louise ASSELIN.

Françoise TURCOTTE died 8 October 1894 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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birth1804 Birth
15 June 1804
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1828 Marriage / Partner
Françoise TURCOTTE and François GAGNON 28 January 1828, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

She was 23 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1832 Birth of Child
Cecile GAGNON was born 19 July 1832, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Françoise was 28 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1875 Marriage of Child
Cecile GAGNON married 4 November 1875, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Sauveur (Samuel) TREMBLAY
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1880 Death of Spouse/Partner
François GAGNON died 18 August 1880, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1893 Death of Child
Cecile GAGNON died 22 May 1893, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Françoise was 88 years old.
death1894 Death
8 October 1894
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 90.
Added: 5/16/2025 2:51:25 PM - Updated: 5/16/2025 2:52:50 PM

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