Jean GAGNÉ

(b. 23 February 1732 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 10 October 1792 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Jean GAGNÉ was born 23 February 1732 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Jean GAGNÉ was the child of François-Xavier GAGNÉ and Geneviève FILION and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace GAGNÉ and Louise TREMBLAY (maternal) Jean FILION and Françoise SENARD

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

Jean married Marguerite-Apolline SIMARD 7 January 1755 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marguerite-Apolline SIMARD was born 8 June 1740 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marguerite-Apolline was the child of Noël SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE and Marguerite COCHON (CAUCHON).

Jean GAGNÉ died 10 October 1792 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada .
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Jean GAGNÉ married

Marguerite-Apolline SIMARD-- Date: 7 January 1755 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
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Marguerite-Apolline SIMARD was the child of Noël SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE and Marguerite COCHON (CAUCHON)

Children of Jean GAGNÉ and Marguerite-Apolline SIMARD:

Geneviève GAGNÉ (b.10 September 1756, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Joseph-Marie GAGNON 23 August 1773 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
m. Pierre-Louis GIRARD 27 November 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph GAGNÉ (b.3 April 1759, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Geneviève PEDNEAU 9 February 1790 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François-Louis GAGNÉ (b.20 November 1761, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada d. 5 December 1835, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne LAVOIE 25 November 1794 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ursule GAGNÉ (b.3 June 1764, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 November 1804, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD 29 January 1782 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)
m. Louis BOUCHARD 23 May 1791 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Raphael GAGNÉ (b.26 July 1767, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 April 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte DUCHESNE 22 August 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie GAGNE (b.4 May 1769, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Michel-Rene LAVOIE 31 January 1797 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Etienne GAGNÉ (b.30 July 1773, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Agnes GIRARD 5 April 1796 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

René GAGNÉ (b.6 January 1776, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY 20 November 1795 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
m. Anastasie SIMARD 25 November 1828 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Gaspard GAGNÉ (b.17 December 1777, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Judith SIMARD 11 February 1806 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1732 Birth
23 February 1732
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Jean GAGNÉ and Marguerite-Apolline SIMARD 7 January 1755, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 22 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Geneviève GAGNÉ was born 10 September 1756, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Jean was 24 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Joseph GAGNÉ was born 3 April 1759, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 27 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
François-Louis GAGNÉ was born 20 November 1761, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 29 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Ursule GAGNÉ was born 3 June 1764, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 32 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Raphael GAGNÉ was born 26 July 1767, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 35 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Marie GAGNE was born 4 May 1769, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 37 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Etienne GAGNÉ was born 30 July 1773, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 41 years old.

1773 Marriage of Child
Geneviève GAGNÉ married 23 August 1773, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Joseph-Marie GAGNON

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.

1776 Birth of Child
René GAGNÉ was born 6 January 1776, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 43 years old.

1777 Birth of Child
Gaspard GAGNÉ was born 17 December 1777, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 45 years old.

1782 Marriage of Child
Ursule GAGNÉ married 29 January 1782, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Joseph GAGNÉ married 9 February 1790, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Geneviève PEDNEAU

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Marriage of Child
Ursule GAGNÉ married 23 May 1791, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Louis BOUCHARD