Pierre GAGNON

(b. 7 June 1740 , Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 23 March 1811 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )

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Pierre GAGNON was born 7 June 1740 in Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

Pierre GAGNON was the child of Pierre GAGNON and Scholastique GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Marie GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY (maternal) Pierre-Louis GIRARD and Marguerite TARDIF

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Pierre married Marguerite LAVOIE 26 January 1762 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada . Marguerite LAVOIE was born 16 December 1743 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Marguerite died 7 July 1828 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE and Helene FORTIN.

Pierre GAGNON died 23 March 1811 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada .

m. Marguerite Lavoie

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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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Marguerite LAVOIE-- Date: 26 January 1762 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada
Marguerite LAVOIE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE and Helene FORTIN

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1740 Birth
7 June 1740
Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GAGNON and Marguerite LAVOIE 26 January 1762, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

He was 21 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.