Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ

(b. 23 March 1750 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 5 April 1815 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ was born 23 March 1750 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ was the child of Pierre GAGNÉ (GASNIER) dit BELLEAVANCE and Geneviève LÉTOURNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNÉ and Geneviève FOURNIER (maternal) Louis LÉTOURNEAU and Anne BLOUIN

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

Marie-Geneviève married Pierre-Basile FORTIER 20 February 1775 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Basile FORTIER was born 5 January 1749 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Basile died 14 February 1798 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Pierre-Basile was the child of Jean-Francois FORTIER and Clothilde TALBOT dite GERVAIS.

Marie-Geneviève married (2) Étienne-Louis FRÉCHETTE 26 November 1804 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada . Étienne-Louis FRÉCHETTE was born 15 August 1747 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Étienne-Louis died 27 August 1816 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Étienne-Louis was the child of Étienne FRECHETTE and Marie-Anne DUPERE.

Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ died 5 April 1815 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, 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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Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ married

Pierre-Basile FORTIER-- Date: 20 February 1775 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre-Basile FORTIER was the child of Jean-Francois FORTIER and Clothilde TALBOT dite GERVAIS

Children of Pierre-Basile FORTIER and Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ:

Pelagie FORTIER (b.14 October 1782, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 September 1845, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada East )
m. David MARTINEAU dit LORMIER 1 June 1804 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ married

Étienne-Louis FRÉCHETTE-- Date: 26 November 1804 Place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada
Étienne-Louis FRÉCHETTE was the child of Étienne FRECHETTE and Marie-Anne DUPERE

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1750 Birth
23 March 1750
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ and Pierre-Basile FORTIER 20 February 1775, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

She was 24 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.

1782 Birth of Child
Pelagie FORTIER was born 14 October 1782, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève was 32 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)

1798 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre-Basile FORTIER died 14 February 1798, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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

1804 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ and Étienne-Louis FRÉCHETTE 26 November 1804 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

She was 54 years old.

1804 Marriage of Child
Pelagie FORTIER married 1 June 1804, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to David MARTINEAU dit LORMIER

1815 Death
5 April 1815
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 65.

Added: 3/4/2016 8:30:55 AM - Updated: 3/21/2026 3:03:21 PM