Jean-Baptiste-Laurent GAGNON

(b. 21 January 1743 , Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 8 November 1827 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste-Laurent GAGNON was born 21 January 1743 in Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste-Laurent 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

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

Jean-Baptiste-Laurent married Marie-Louise BOUCHER 13 August 1770 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise BOUCHER was born 8 January 1738 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Louise died 29 November 1808 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Louise was the child of Pierre BOUCHER and Marie-Catherine LIZOTTE.

Jean-Baptiste-Laurent married (2) Marie Josephe THÉRIAULT 9 January 1810 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . Marie Josephe THÉRIAULT was born 1 February 1741 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Marie Josephe died 21 September 1819 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie Josephe was the child of Paul THÉRIAULT and Anne Marie HÉBERT.

Jean-Baptiste-Laurent GAGNON died 8 November 1827 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.

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Jean-Baptiste-Laurent GAGNON married

Marie-Louise BOUCHER-- Date: 13 August 1770 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise BOUCHER was the child of Pierre BOUCHER and Marie-Catherine LIZOTTE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste-Laurent GAGNON and Marie-Louise BOUCHER:

Marie-Louise GAGNON (b.7 April 1778, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 January 1861, Kamouraska, Canada East )
m. Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS 26 November 1795 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Jean-Baptiste-Laurent GAGNON married

Marie Josephe THÉRIAULT-- Date: 9 January 1810 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Marie Josephe THÉRIAULT was the child of Paul THÉRIAULT and Anne Marie HÉBERT

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1743 Birth
21 January 1743
Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

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

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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste-Laurent GAGNON and Marie-Louise BOUCHER 13 August 1770, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 27 years old.

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.

1778 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise GAGNON was born 7 April 1778, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Jean-Baptiste-Laurent was 35 years old.

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)

1795 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise GAGNON married 26 November 1795, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS

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

1808 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise BOUCHER died 29 November 1808, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste-Laurent GAGNON and Marie Josephe THÉRIAULT 9 January 1810 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 67 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Josephe THÉRIAULT died 21 September 1819 , Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 Death
8 November 1827
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 84.

Added: 12/9/2015 2:19:38 PM - Updated: 2/4/2020 9:56:34 AM