Antoine Gagnon

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Antoine GAGNON was born on 22 June 1818 and baptized on the following day at St.Louis church in Kamouraska, Québec. His godparents were Joseph Ouellette (his uncle) and Marie Catherine Tardif.

Antoine moved sometime before 1825 to Trois Pistoles with his family; they appeared in the 1825 census of Lower Canada (Quebec) in that township.

Antoine moved to the area that is now Frenchville, Maine with his parents, brothers and sisters sometime around the summer of 1831.

According to the 1844 land survey, in 1839 he took possession of 70.13 acres of land from among the "rear lots" in Township 18, Range 5 (now Upper Frenchville), Aroostook County, Maine.(165) The farm was located on Church Hill, near the junction of Gagnon Road and the Deuxième Rang.

Antoine GAGNON was married to Hortense DIONNE on 6 Feb 1844 in Ste-Luce, Frenchville, Maine. Witnesses at the wedding included Prospère Gagnon, Baptiste Ouellette and "many other relatives and friends." They were married by the priest at Ste-Luce, Hortense's brother Henri Dionne; in his recording of the marriage he noted that the spouses did not know how to sign their names.

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http://www.upperstjohn.com/gagnon/d706.htm#P706

Antoine GAGNON was born on 22 June 1818 and baptized on the following day at St.Louis church in Kamouraska, Québec. His godparents were Joseph Ouellette (his uncle) and Marie Catherine Tardif.

Antoine moved sometime before 1825 to Trois Pistoles with his family; they appeared in the 1825 census of Lower Canada (Quebec) in that township.

Antoine moved to the area that is now Frenchville, Maine with his parents, brothers and sisters sometime around the summer of 1831.

According to the 1844 land survey, in 1839 he took possession of 70.13 acres of land from among the "rear lots" in Township 18, Range 5 (now Upper Frenchville), Aroostook County, Maine.(165) The farm was located on Church Hill, near the junction of Gagnon Road and the Deuxième Rang.

Antoine GAGNON was married to Hortense DIONNE on 6 Feb 1844 in Ste-Luce, Frenchville, Maine. Witnesses at the wedding included Prospère Gagnon, Baptiste Ouellette and "many other relatives and friends." They were married by the priest at Ste-Luce, Hortense's brother Henri Dionne; in his recording of the marriage he noted that the spouses did not know how to sign their names.

(Much more information at the website)