Marguerite-Euphrosine GAGNON

(b. 8 August 1740 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 15 July 1816 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite-Euphrosine GAGNON was born 8 August 1740 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Marguerite-Euphrosine GAGNON was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marguerite LAVOIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin GAGNON and Charlotte COCHON (maternal) Joseph LAVOIE and Marie-Françoise GUIMOND

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Marguerite-Euphrosine married Jean LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST 15 February 1762 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST was born abt. 1723 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean died 14 April 1806 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Jean was the child of Thomas LAFOREST and Rosalie DUCHESNE.

Marguerite-Euphrosine GAGNON died 15 July 1816 in Québec, Lower Canada .

m. Labranche Jean

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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