Marie-Anne GAGNON

(b. 19 April 1733 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 21 February 1810 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne GAGNON was born 19 April 1733 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne GAGNON was the child of Jean-Francois GAGNON and Marie-Anne PELLETIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques GAGNON (GASGNON) and Madeleine ROCHON (ROCHERON) (maternal) Noel PELLETIER and Marie-Anne THIBODEAU (THIBOUTOT)

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

Marie-Anne married Pierre LAVOIE 3 November 1756 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre LAVOIE was born 12 November 1731 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Pierre died 31 January 1812 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Pierre was the child of Augustin LAVOIE and Marguerite MICHAUD.

Marie-Anne GAGNON died 21 February 1810 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Marie-Anne GAGNON married

Pierre LAVOIE-- Date: 3 November 1756 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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Pierre LAVOIE was the child of Augustin LAVOIE and Marguerite MICHAUD

Children of Pierre LAVOIE and Marie-Anne GAGNON:

Pierre-Charles LAVOIE (b.18 September 1757, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1823, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Genevieve LAVOIE 18 November 1782

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1733 Birth
19 April 1733
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne GAGNON and Pierre LAVOIE 3 November 1756, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 23 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Pierre-Charles LAVOIE was born 18 September 1757, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Anne was 24 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.

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.