Rene GAGNÉ

(b. 22 March 1738 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 2 August 1810 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada )

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Rene GAGNÉ was born 22 March 1738 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Rene GAGNÉ was the child of Pierre GAGNÉ and Marguerite ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) and the grandchild of: (paternal) François GAGNÉ dit DAUBIGEON and Marie-Madeleine DUPUIS (maternal) Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) dit L'ESPAGNOL and Jeanne SÉGUIN

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

Rene married Marie-Charlotte DUPUIS 10 October 1760 in Saint-Constant, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Charlotte DUPUIS was born 1 February 1741 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Charlotte died 19 March 1797 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte was the child of Louis DUPUIS and Marguerite ROY.

Rene GAGNÉ died 2 August 1810 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Rene GAGNÉ married

Marie-Charlotte DUPUIS-- Date: 10 October 1760 Place: Saint-Constant, Canada
Marie-Charlotte DUPUIS was the child of Louis DUPUIS and Marguerite ROY

Children of Rene GAGNÉ and Marie-Charlotte DUPUIS:

Marie-Charlotte GAGNE (b.22 September 1761, Saint-Constant, Canada d. 14 April 1813, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre RHEAUME 15 February 1779 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1738 Birth
22 March 1738
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Rene GAGNÉ and Marie-Charlotte DUPUIS 10 October 1760, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte GAGNE was born 22 September 1761, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Rene was 23 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte GAGNE married 15 February 1779, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Pierre RHEAUME

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)