Marie-Josephte GAGNON

(b. abt. 1721 , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 January 1794 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte GAGNON was born abt. 1721 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Josephte GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Marguerite CLOUTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin GAGNON (GASGNON) and Françoise GODEAU (BOUDEAU) (maternal) Charles CLOUTIER and Louise MORIN

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Marie-Josephte married Hilaire BAUCHER dit MORENCY 29 September 1749 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . Hilaire BAUCHER dit MORENCY was born 12 November 1706 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Hilaire died 28 May 1781 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Hilaire was the child of Guillaume BAUCHER dit MORENCY and Marie ANCELIN (ASSELIN).

Marie-Josephte GAGNON died 16 January 1794 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada.

m. Baucher Hilaire

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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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Hilaire BAUCHER dit MORENCY-- Date: 29 September 1749 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Hilaire BAUCHER dit MORENCY was the child of Guillaume BAUCHER dit MORENCY and Marie ANCELIN (ASSELIN)

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Marie-Josephte GAGNON and Hilaire BAUCHER dit MORENCY 29 September 1749, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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.

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.