When Bénoni Gagné was born on 2 January 1741, in Saint-Thomas-de-la-Pointe-à-la-Caille, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada, his father, Ambroise Gagné, was 28 and his mother, Marie Genevieve des Trois Maisons, was 37. He married Marie Ursule Fournier on 8 October 1764, in Saint-Thomas-de-la-Pointe-à-la-Caille, District Judiciaire de Québec, Quebec, British North America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 14 September 1823, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 82, and was buried in Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Lucien, Marcel, Andre, Fernand, Normand, Donat, Jacques, Rosaire, Adrien, Cecile, Emile.
Altered form (Gagné) of French Gasnier, a cognate of Garnier . Compare Gagner 1, Gagnier 1, Gonia , and Gonyer .
French (Gagné): occupational name for a farmer or peasant, derived from Old French gaaignier ‘to cultivate or work (the land)’. Compare Gagner 3 and Gagnier 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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