Madeleine GAGNON

(b. abt. 1735 , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 October 1806 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine GAGNON was born abt. 1735 in Québec Province, Canada

Madeleine GAGNON was the child of Mathurin GAGNON and Marguerite CHRETIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin GAGNON and Charlotte COCHON (maternal) Michel CHRETIEN and Marguerite COEUR dite JOLICOEUR

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Madeleine married Jean-Baptiste QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME 5 November 1753 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Baptiste QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME was born 29 August 1731 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Jean-Baptiste died 19 March 1806 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Louise POULIN.

Madeleine GAGNON died 29 October 1806 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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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Madeleine GAGNON married

Jean-Baptiste QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME-- Date: 5 November 1753 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME was the child of Jean-Baptiste QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Louise POULIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Madeleine GAGNON:

Rose QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME (b.6 August 1757, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 26 October 1827, Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada)
m. Clement LANGLOIS 9 January 1781 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Victoire QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME (b.28 November 1759, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 17 September 1803, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )
m. Louis BLAIS 27 October 1788 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Angélique QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME (b.30 July 1774, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 January 1824, Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada)
m. Basile THIBAULT 3 October 1797 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine GAGNON and Jean-Baptiste QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME 5 November 1753, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

1757 Birth of Child
Rose QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME was born 6 August 1757, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

1759 Birth of Child
Victoire QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME was born 28 November 1759, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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.

1774 Birth of Child
Angélique QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME was born 30 July 1774, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Rose QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME married 9 January 1781, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Clement LANGLOIS

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Victoire QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME married 27 October 1788, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Louis BLAIS

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 Marriage of Child
Angélique QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME married 3 October 1797, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Basile THIBAULT

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

1803 Death of Child
Victoire QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME died 17 September 1803, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

1806 Death
29 October 1806
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

Added: 10/18/2016 2:52:40 PM - Updated: 3/14/2020 2:53:17 PM