When Hermine Gagnon was born on 23 December 1814, in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Canada East, British North America, her father, Louis-Crépin Gagnon, was 40 and her mother, Marguerite Plante, was 38. She married Michel Lesar on 17 August 1841, in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 30 July 1849, in Notre-Dame, Montreal, Canada East, British North America, at the age of 34.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Andre, Marcel, Normand, Emile, Jacques, Pierre, Gilles, Cecile, Fernand, Georges, Laurent.
French:
occupational name for a farmer or peasant, from a diminutive noun derivative of the Old French verb gaaignier ‘to cultivate or work (the land)’; compare Wagnon 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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