Marie-Angélique GAGNON

(b. 7 April 1717 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 17 July 1792 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Angélique GAGNON was born 7 April 1717 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Marie-Angélique GAGNON was the child of Alexandre GAGNON and Angélique CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNON and Barbe FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE (maternal) Robert CARON and Marguerite CLOUTIER

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Marie-Angélique married Guillaume FOURNIER 25 February 1737 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Guillaume FOURNIER was born 9 June 1710 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Guillaume died 23 April 1786 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Guillaume was the child of Charles FOURNIER and Elisabeth-Agnes BOUCHARD.

Marie-Angélique GAGNON died 17 July 1792 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Angélique GAGNON

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Marie-Angélique GAGNON married

Guillaume FOURNIER-- Date: 25 February 1737 Place: L'Islet, Canada, New France
Guillaume FOURNIER was the child of Charles FOURNIER and Elisabeth-Agnes BOUCHARD

Children of Guillaume FOURNIER and Marie-Angélique GAGNON:

Françoise FOURNIER (b.5 December 1737, Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 17 September 1803 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre DANCOSSE 16 April 1763 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Barbe FOURNIER (b.abt. 1747, , Québec Province, Canada d. 3 November 1817, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste DUBE 13 January 1767 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Veronique FOURNIER (b.9 August 1751, L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 16 November 1809, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste DUBE 21 January 1771 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Angelique FOURNIER (b.abt. 1755, , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 April 1809, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Raphael DUBE 21 November 1773 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1717 Birth
7 April 1717
L'Islet, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1737 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Angélique GAGNON and Guillaume FOURNIER 25 February 1737 , L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

She was 19 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Françoise FOURNIER was born 5 December 1737, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Angélique was 20 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Veronique FOURNIER was born 9 August 1751, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Marie-Angélique was 34 years old.

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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Françoise FOURNIER married 16 April 1763 , Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Pierre DANCOSSE

1767 Marriage of Child
Barbe FOURNIER married 13 January 1767, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Jean-Baptiste DUBE

1771 Marriage of Child
Veronique FOURNIER married 21 January 1771 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste DUBE

1773 Marriage of Child
Angelique FOURNIER married 21 November 1773, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Jean-Raphael DUBE

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.