Raphael GAGNON

(b. 18 July 1656 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 20 October 1687 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France )

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Raphael GAGNON was born 18 July 1656 in Québec, Canada, New France

Raphael 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

Raphael GAGNON died 20 October 1687 in Château-Richer, 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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1656 Birth
18 July 1656
Québec, Canada, New France

'Raphael was born on 18 July 1656 and baptized on 2 August at Quebec. He died on 20 October 1687 and was buried two days later at Chateau-Richer.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 106

Baptism
Raphael Gaignon
2 August 1656
Notre-Dame-de-Québec
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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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

Death
name: Raphael Gagnon
gender: Male
burial date: 22 Oct 1687
burial place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
death date: 20 Oct 1687
death place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
age: 28
birth date: 1659
birthplace:
occupation:
race: White
marital status: Single
spouse's name:
father's name: Jean Gagnon
father's birthplace:
mother's name:
mother's birthplace:
indexing project (batch) number: B03757-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1018161
reference number: p 66 s 4

'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch.org
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