Jacques-Amable GAGNÉ

(b. 26 May 1731 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 22 August 1808 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada )

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Jacques-Amable GAGNÉ was born 26 May 1731 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jacques-Amable GAGNÉ was the child of François GAGNÉ dit DAUBIGEON and Marie-Madeleine DUPUIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNÉ and Catherine DAUBIGEON (maternal) Louis DUPUIS dit PARISIEN and Barbe DUBEAU

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Jacques-Amable married Agnès GERVAIS 15 April 1765 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Agnès GERVAIS was born 18 October 1741 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Agnès died 24 February 1812 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Agnès was the child of Mathieu GERVAIS and Josephte ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX).

Jacques-Amable GAGNÉ died 22 August 1808 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada.
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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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Jacques-Amable GAGNÉ married

Agnès GERVAIS-- Date: 15 April 1765 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
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Agnès GERVAIS was the child of Mathieu GERVAIS and Josephte ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX)

Children of Jacques-Amable GAGNÉ and Agnès GERVAIS:

Marie-Anne GAGNÉ (b.abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Constant DUPUIS 27 October 1794 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

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1731 Birth
26 May 1731
La Prairie, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Jacques-Amable GAGNÉ and Agnès GERVAIS 15 April 1765, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 33 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.