Louis Gagnier (1719 - 1760)

Born 23 Aug 1719 in Laprairie, Montreal, Canada, New France

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Bertrand — married 1 Feb 1745 in Verchères (Saint-Francois-Xavier) Canada, Nouvelle France

Descendants

Died 6 Jun 1760 at age 40 in Laprairie, Montreal, Canada, New France

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Louis Gagnier lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Biography

Louis, the son of Louis Gagne and Anne Tessier, was born 23 August 1719 in Laprairie and baptized the following day. The Nativité-de-la-Prairie-de-la-Magdeleine parish register identifies him as "un garçon né la veille de ce jour de Louis Gagnier et de Anne Tessier ses pere et mere de cette paroisse. Il a êté nommé Louis." The godparents were Pierre Gagnier and Marie Lebert.^[1]

On 1 February 1745, Louis married Marie Marguerite Bertrand in Verchères. The Saint François Xavier parish records state that the marriage was between "Louïs Gagnier fils de défunt Louïs Etienne Gagnier et de Anne Thessier ses pere et mere de la paroisse de la Nativité de Prairie de Magdeleine d'une part, et Margueritte Bertran Desroches, fille de Pierre Bertran Desroche et de Catherine Lemoine ses pere et mere de cette paroisse . . . en presence de Joseph Gagnier oncle de l'époux et d'Anne Thessier sa mere, de Pierre Bertran Desroches pere de l'épouse et de Catherine Lemoine sa mere et de plusieurs autres parens et amis."^[2]

Widowed in 1752, Louis married Marie Joseph Lemieux 21 January 1754 in Laprairie. The Saint Constant parish records state that the marriage was between "Louïs Gagné dit Bellevance veuf de Marguerite Bertrand fils de feu Louïs Gagné dit Bellevance et de défunte Anne Thessier ses pere et mere de LaPrairie d'une part et Marie Josephe Lemieux fille de Pierre Lemieux et de Marie Joseph Dumais ses pere et mere de cette paroisse d'autre part. . . . e presence de Joseph Gagné oncle, Paul, Pierre, et Amable Gagné frères, François [Cavets?], Baptiste Boisdoré, Paul Bertrand Beaufreres, Joseph Gagné cousin du côté de la fille Joseph Jacques Lemieur Joseph Beauvais François Dumais oncle François, Pierre, et Amable Lemieux frères de la fille Marie Gertrude Soeur, Marie Veronique Courville amie."^[3]

• Note: The index of baptisms for the parish of La Nativité de la Prairie de la Madeleine include an entry for a Marie Joseph Lemieux. Sadly, the records for that year are missing. Given the names of her parents and siblings at her wedding, it is possible that Marie Joseph was the daughter of Pierre Gabriel Lemieux (LeMieux-142) and Marie Joseph Demers, aka Dumais (Demers-204).^[4]

Louis died on 6 June 1760 and was buried 16 June 1760 in Laprairie.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ FS "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8993-F9W2-1?cc=1321742&wc=HC5Q-BZ9%3A15056401%2C15056402%2C15056403 : 16 July 2014), La Prairie > Nativité-de-la-Prairie-de-la-Magdeleine > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1670-1755 > image 141 of 608; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
2. ↑ FS "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8993-FDX9?cc=1321742&wc=HCV7-929%3A25121801%2C25121802%2C25121803 : 16 July 2014), Verchères > Saint-François-Xavier-de-Verchères > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1740-1777 > image 78 of 516; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
3. ↑ FS "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99Q-M2QF?cc=1321742&wc=HCW1-JWL%3A19605801%2C19605802%2C19605803 : 16 July 2014), Saint-Constant > Saint-Constant > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1752-1795, 1831-1842 > image 18 of 735; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
4. ↑ FS "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-NVK6?cc=1321742&wc=HCG1-RM9%3A15056401%2C15056402%2C21345001 : 16 July 2014), La Prairie > Nativité-de-la-Prairie-de-la-Magdeleine > Index des mariages 1670-1876 Sépultures 1670-1877 Baptêmes 1670-1876 > image 327 of 625; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
5. ↑ FS "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-F943-9?cc=1321742&wc=HCK4-829%3A15056401%2C15056402%2C17974703 : 16 July 2014), La Prairie > Nativité-de-la-Prairie-de-la-Magdeleine > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1755-1786 > image 77 of 642; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.

• FS: Family Search Title: Database and images. LDS Church Publication: FamilySearch
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225279362/louis-gagn%C3%A9: accessed 23 January 2024), memorial page for Louis Gagné (23 Aug 1719–6 Jun 1760), Find a Grave Memorial ID 225279362, citing L'église La Nativité-de-la-Vierge-Marie à La Prair, La Prairie, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada; Maintained by Rick (contributor 47109780).