Individual Details

Jean Gagnon

(26 Jan 1688 - 27 Aug 1759)

On August 23, 1759, a detachment of 300 men under Captain Montgomery had been sent to St-Joachim where residents fought against them. All were taken prisoners and killed in a very cruel fashion. The local priest, Father Portneuf, who stayed to assist his parishioners was hit repeatly by a sword. (Garneau Vol 3 page 318)

'There were several of the enemy killed and wounded and a few prisoners taken, all of whom, the barbarous Captain Montgomery, who commanded us, ordered to be butchered in a most inhuman and cruel manner' - Colonel Malcolm Fraser`s lieutenant, of the 78th, manuscript journal relating to the operations before Québec in 1759.
The prisoners taken and butchered were: Louis Paré, Jean & Pierre Gagnon, Michel Magnan, Charles Languedoc, Jean Fortin and Louis Allaire-Dallaire, were buried on Aug 27 1759 in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré.
SOURCE - TANGUAY

Events

Birth26 Jan 1688Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada
Marriage2 Jul 1731St-Joachim-de-Ile-d’Orléans, Québec, Canada - Marguerite Lavoie
Death27 Aug 1759Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada

Families

SpouseMarguerite Lavoie (1710 - 1791)

Endnotes

1. René Jetté, Professor, historian, demographer and Quebec genealogist., Genealogical Dictionary of Quebec Families Dating to 1730 (Montréal, Quebec, Canada: University of Montreal Press, 1983), .

2. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Marie St-Hilaire," pp. 1-205; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-09, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.

3. Institut généalogique Drouin; Université de Montréal, "Programme de recherche en démographie historique (PRDH)," database, Québec; Institut généalogique Drouin; Université de Montréal, PRDH - Programme de recherche en démographie historique (https://www.prdh-igd.com/: accessed ), ; citing ALL of Quebec's Catholic baptisms and burials as well as all of Quebec's marriages for 1621-1861.

4. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Marie St-Hilaire," pp. 1-205; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-09, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.

5. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Marie St-Hilaire," pp. 1-205; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-09, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.