I doubt that he died around 1861 because I think it's him in the 1880 census at his cousin's house Joseph Gonyea-186 in the USA.
Baptême/Naissance: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-4K1T?i=355&wc=HC43-3TL%3A24462501%2C24462502%2C24767801&cc=1321742
Baptême: https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/4152707
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