Geneviève Gagné

Brief Life History of Geneviève

When Geneviève Gagné was born on 16 March 1684, in Beauport, Montmorency No. 1, Quebec, Canada, her father, Olivier Gagne, was 34 and her mother, Elisabeth-Isabelle Pepin, was 22. She married Thomas Touchet on 7 January 1711, in Beauport, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 19 January 1723, in her hometown, at the age of 38, and was buried in Beauport, Montmorency No. 1, Quebec, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Touchet
1681–1765
Geneviève Gagné
1684–1723
Marriage: 7 January 1711
Thomas Touchet
1711–1755
Madeleine Touchet
1713–1713
Marie Angelique Touchet
1713–1713
Marie Touchette
1714–1714
Charles Touchette
1715–1786
Marie Louise Touchet
1718–
Jacques Touchet
1719–1786
Marie Angelique Touchet
1722–1722

Sources (6)

  • Genevieve Gagine in entry for Thomas Touchet and Marie Angelique Chietien, "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949"
  • Genevieve Gagne in entry for Anne Louise Touchet, "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959"
  • Genevieve Gagne in entry for Anne Louise Touchet, "Quebec Births and Baptisms, 1662-1898"

Name Meaning

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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