Jeanne GAGNON

(b. 15 August 1641 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 24 May 1699 , Québec, Canada, New France )

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Jeanne GAGNON was born 15 August 1641 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jeanne GAGNON was the child of Jean GAGNON and Marguerite COCHON (CAUCHON) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNON (GAIGNON) and Renée-Madeleine ROGER (maternal) Jean CAUCHON (COCHON) dit LAMOTHE and Marguerite COINTEREL

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

Jeanne married Jean CHAPLEAU (CHAPPELEAU) 26 April 1654 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Jean CHAPLEAU (CHAPPELEAU) was born abt. 1627 in France. Jean died 17 November 1698 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).

Jeanne GAGNON died 24 May 1699 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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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 Jeanne GAGNON

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Jeanne GAGNON married

Jean CHAPLEAU (CHAPPELEAU)-- Date: 26 April 1654 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Children of Jean CHAPLEAU (CHAPPELEAU) and Jeanne GAGNON:

Catherine CHAPLEAU (CHAPPELEAU) (b.3 October 1658, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 6 May 1740, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Pierre MAUFAY 15 November 1677 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Noel CHAPLEAU (CHAPPELEAU) (b.4 June 1667, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 29 December 1699, Boucherville, Canada, New France )
m. Françoise LAMOUREUX 21 May 1692 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Françoise CHAPLEAU (b.3 December 1672, Québec, Canada, New France d. 26 October 1690, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Romain CHAPEAU 6 February 1689 in Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

Marguerite CHAPLEAU (b.14 March 1676, Québec, Canada, New France d. 15 July 1699, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Noel MARCOUX 17 November 1698 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1641 - Birth
15 Aug 1641 - Jeanne Gaignon - Baptism - Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada

'Jeanne was baptized on 15 August 1641 at Quebec. She married Jean Chapleau, son of Jean and Francoise Brochar, on 26 April 1654 at Quebec... Jeanne died and was buried on 24 May 1699 at Quebec.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 105
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1641 Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1643 - May 14 - Louis XIV becomes King of France

1654 Marriage / Partner
Jeanne GAGNON and Jean CHAPLEAU (CHAPPELEAU) 26 April 1654, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 12 years old.

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1658 Birth of Child
Catherine CHAPLEAU (CHAPPELEAU) was born 3 October 1658, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jeanne was 17 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Canadian Census - Montmorency County, Quebec
Jean Gaignon, habitant, 55 years
Marguerite Cochon, 46 years
Jeanne Gaignon, 24 years
Jean Gaignon, 18 years
Germain Gaignon, 13 years
Raphael Gaignon, 10 years
Marie Gaignon, 5 years
Etienne Mesny, domestique, engage, 22 years

The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Birth of Child
Noel CHAPLEAU (CHAPPELEAU) was born 4 June 1667, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Jeanne was 25 years old.

1672 Birth of Child
Françoise CHAPLEAU was born 3 December 1672, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jeanne was 31 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Marguerite CHAPLEAU was born 14 March 1676, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jeanne was 34 years old.

1677 Marriage of Child
Catherine CHAPLEAU (CHAPPELEAU) married 15 November 1677, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Pierre MAUFAY

1689 Marriage of Child
Françoise CHAPLEAU married 6 February 1689, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery) to Romain CHAPEAU

1690 Death of Child
Françoise CHAPLEAU died 26 October 1690, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jeanne was 49 years old.

1692 Marriage of Child
Noel CHAPLEAU (CHAPPELEAU) married 21 May 1692 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Françoise LAMOUREUX

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Marriage of Child
Marguerite CHAPLEAU married 17 November 1698, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Noel MARCOUX

1698 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean CHAPLEAU (CHAPPELEAU) died 17 November 1698, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1699 Death
24 May 1699
Québec, Canada, New France

She died at the age of 57.

Added: 9/17/2008 12:00:00 AM - Updated: 12/10/2013 2:16:45 PM