François
Gagné dit Poitevin
formerly Gasnier aka Ganière, Poitevin, Potvin, Gasnier, Gagnier
Born in Poitou, France
Son of Jean Gasnier
and Andrée Roussette
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Jeanne Vanasse
— married
3 Nov 1695 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, Nouvelle-France
Descendants 
Father of
Rene (Gagne) Gagniere dit Poitevin, Marie Thérèse (Gagne) Gagné dite Poitevin, Agathe (Gagné) Gagné dite Potvin, Joseph Gagné and Michel (Gagnière-Potvin) Gagnière dit Potvin
Died
at about age 50
in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, Nouvelle-France
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Nov 2014
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François (Gasnier) Gagné dit Poitevin migrated from France to New France.
Biographie
François Gasnier dit Poitevin variations: Gagnier, Gagné, Ganière, Potvin
Naissance vers 1666 au Poitou[1]
Jeanne Vanasse s'est mariée avec François Gasnier, fils de Jean Gasnier et d'Andrée Roussette, le 3 Novembre 1695 à Trois-Rivières[2]
Décès Jan 7, 1716 à St-François-du-Lac, Sépulture le 8 Jan, 1716 à St-François-du-Lac,
Dans sa sépulture, on le nomme François Xavier Poidevin.
Sources
- ↑ PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (free): Pionnier: 31390 Pionnier PRDH
- ↑ Mariage image IGD
Sépulture/Burial: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99S-DC7P?i=189&wc=9RL4-6TY%3A20758901%2C20758902%2C20972601&cc=1321742
http://www.cjutras.org/CJ_GAGNE-F.html#F001045
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with François by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with François:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with François by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with François:
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~0.78%
Yvonne (French) Ooten
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ootenym536764
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~0.39%
Jennie (Kerr) Kenny :
23andMe, GEDmatch WP9703892 [compare]
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~0.39%
Paul Beshara :
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member paul_beshara
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~0.39%
Murray Stark :
23andMe, GEDmatch M777092 [compare]
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~0.39%
Diane Hamel :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Cferra2001
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~0.39%
Nancy Felker :
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Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.39%
Mary (Lewis) Porter :
AncestryDNA
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Danielle Liard
Danielle Liard
hi Chris, can you please correct LNAB, which would likely be Gasnier. He gets called Poitevin / Potvin once here, due to his origin. Thanks.
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