Notes

• Lieux info: Perche, France (naissance), Québec (mariage), Château-Richer (décès); possédait une ferme à Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré et habitait Château-Richer définitivement en 1650.
• Pionnier de la Nouvelle-France. Arrive au Québec en c1640.
• Il retourne au Perche en 1642 (ou 1643) pour prendre sa fille, Marie-Marthe.
• Marthe, la fille de Mathurin était un enfant hors mariage ; sa mère est probablement Vincente Gauthier. Le 29 janvier 1635 à Tourouvre, Mathurin Gagnon et Vincente Gaulthier passent un acte de cession concernant leur enfant. Vincente Gaultier promet de nourrir et de gouverner l'enfant.
• Il était un marchant/négociant et un cultivateur de métier.
• Contrat de mariage entre Mathurin Gagnon et Françoise Gaudeau le 9 septembre 1647 par notaire Lecoutre.
• Mathurin est chef-ancêtre des Gagnons de l'Amérique du Nord.

Sources

• Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
• Larry Voyer

Biographie ~ Biography

Dictionary of Canadian Biography says:

"Mathurin was married on 30 Sep 1647. His wife, Francoise GOUDEAU, was only 13; she gave him 16 children...."

He was a farmer and business man...built a store/went into business with his 2 brothers on the Square in the Lower Town (Quebec)...he farmed in the summer and concentrated on business in the winter. Of the 3 of them, only he was able to write.

If Marie Marthe's birthyear of 1636 is correct...she could not be the daughter of Francoise GOUDEAU. However, she could still be Maturin's child by another woman or earlier wife. Mathurin is listed as her father in her marriage record to Jean DOYON in Tanquay...p441.

member of the Communaute des Habitants

BEF. 1640 Quebec, Canada He was a merchant and farmer. Member of the Communaut‚ des Habitants. Left for Canada in 1635 with his brothers and opened a shop in Quebec city. Travelled to France on business in 1643. Around 1640 established himself at Chateau Richer on land 6-1/2 arpents de front by 126 arpents deep. This was next to land owned by his brother Pierre. He bought and sold much land between 1646 and 1674 in Chƒteau Richer.[JohnFaye (8 Jun 05).FTW]

He was a merchant and farmer. Member of the Communaut‚ des Habitants. Left for Canada in 1635 with his brothers and opened a shop in Quebec city. Travelled to France on business in 1643. Around 1640 established himself at Chateau Richer on land 6-1/2 arpents de front by 126 arpents deep. This was next to land owned by his brother Pierre. He bought and sold much land between 1646 and 1674 in Chƒteau Richer.

They were married by contract (ct 09 Lecoutre)

1666-1667 census has him in B eaupre.

1681 census has him in Chateau-Richer, as a merchant and a farmer.

A member of the Farmers Association.

His first daughter was born out of wedlock, called Marthe (1636) in La nin or Perche.

He came to Canada before 1640 with his brothers and his mother.

His wife's maiden name was Gourdeau.

http://www.fichierorigine.com/detail.php?numero=241624

GAGNON, Mathurin 241624

Statut Marié

Date de baptême 22-10-1606

Lieu d'origine Tourouvre (St-Aubin) (Orne) 61491

Parents Pierre et Renée Roger

Première mention au pays 1640

Occupation à l'arrivée Migrant arrivé avec sa mère

Date de mariage 30-09-1647

Lieu du mariage Québec (Notre-Dame)

Conjoint Françoise Godeau

Décès ou inhumation Château-Richer, 20-04-1690

Remarques Quatre frères et deux soeurs sont baptisés à Tourouvre (St-Aubin) : Marguerite, le 05-10-1598 ; Noël, le 31-08-1601 ; Louis, le 15-01-1604 ; Mathurine, vers 1608 ; Jean, le 13-08-1610 et Pierre, le 14-02-1612. Les grands-parents paternels sont Pierre Gagnon et Françoise Creste. Une plaque commémorative a été apposée dans l'église de Tourouvre en 1960 et une autre dans l'église de la Ventrouze en 1995.

Identification DGFQ, p. 452

Chercheur(s) Archange Godbout

Référence OFC, p. 173 ; DBC, vol. 1, p. 328

Copie d'acte : SGCF numérisé

He was a farmer and business man...built a store/went intobusiness with his 2 brothers on the Square in the LowerTown (Quebec)...he farmed in the summer and concentrated on business in the winter. Of the 3 of them, only he was ableto write.

If Marie Marthe's birth year of 1636 is correct...she could not be the daughter of Francoise GOUDEAU. However, she could still be Maturin's child by another woman or earlier wife. Mathurin is listed as her father in her marriage record to Jean DOYON in Tanquay...p441.

"Mathurin was married on 30 Sep 1647. His wife, Francoise GOUDEAU, was only 13; she gave him 16 children...."

He was a farmer and business man...built a store/went into business with his 2 brothers on the Square in the Lower Town (Quebec)...he farmed in the summer and concentrated on business in the winter. Of the 3 of them, only he was able to write.

If Marie Marthe's birthyear of 1636 is correct...she could not be the daughter of Francoise GOUDEAU. However, she could still be Maturin's child by another woman or earlier wife. Mathurin is listed as her father in her marriage record to Jean DOYON in Tanquay...p441.

member of the Communaute des Habitants

BEF. 1640 Quebec, Canada He was a merchant and farmer. Member of the Communaut‚ des Habitants. Left for Canada in 1635 with his brothers and opened a shop in Quebec city. Travelled to France on business in 1643. Around 1640 established himself at Chateau Richer on land 6-1/2 arpents de front by 126 arpents deep. This was next to land owned by his brother Pierre. He bought and sold much land between 1646 and 1674 in Chƒteau Richer.[JohnFaye (8 Jun 05).FTW]

He was a merchant and farmer. Member of the Communaut‚ des Habitants. Left for Canada in 1635 with his brothers and opened a shop in Quebec city. Travelled to France on business in 1643. Around 1640 established himself at Chateau Richer on land 6-1/2 arpents de front by 126 arpents deep. This was next to land owned by his brother Pierre. He bought and sold much land between 1646 and 1674 in Chƒteau Richer.

They were married by contract (ct 09 Lecoutre)

1666-1667 census has him in B eaupre.

1681 census has him in Chateau-Richer, as a merchant and a farmer.

A member of the Farmers Association.

His first daughter was born out of wedlock, called Marthe (1636) in La nin or Perche.

He came to Canada before 1640 with his brothers and his mother.

His wife's maiden name was Gourdeau.

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Mathurin Gagnon was born in the Gagnonniere, two miles fromthe Church St-Aubin de Tourouvre where he was baptised October 22, 1606. He leftfor Canada before 1640 with the assistance of Noël Juchereau, leaving in Perchehis daughter Marthe born around 1636 he had out of wedlock with VincenteGaulthier. Mathurin will return to pick up his daughter in 1643. Merchant and member of the community of inhabitants,Mathurin is the only one of the three brothers Gagnon to read and write. He appearsto be the head of this family strain. He signed: Gaingnon. In the documents, itrarely comes to the patronymic "Gagnon", but rather of Gaignon, Joe,Gaignons, Gaignion, or Gasgnon." It seems that the pronunciation in useacross the Atlantic is responsible for changing this name and the form that weknow today. Although being the older of the brothers, he is the last tomarry on September 30, 1647 in Quebec City, with Françoise Godeau from theMenil-Guyon (Orne), daughter of François Godeau and Jeanne Jahan (originallyfrom Ventrouze). Françoise is then at age of thirteen, while Mathurin was forty-oneyears of age. Mathurin Gagnon's mother, Renee Roger, is present at theirwedding. From 1649 to 1674, fifteen children were born of this couple who willgive the most Gagnon to the Canada. After moving around 1650 to Château-Richer, Mathurin Gagnondied on 20 April 1690. His wife Françoise Godeau died September 14, 1699 and isburied the next day in Château-Richer.

La Gaignonnière, Perche, France

The three Gagnon (Gaignon) brothers Mathurin, Pierre and Jean, who came to New France in the 1630s came from the region of Perche, in northern France, specifically from the area around La Ventrouze and Tourouvre. Their grandfather (and the earliest discovered Gagnon ancestor), Barnabé, is recorded as having bought a farm on 28 Dec 1565 in the forest of Perche, between Tourouvre and Ventrouze, from Gervais Roger and Marion Aubert. Barnabé reportedly also ran an inn at the same spot.

This place was known as La Gagnonnière. For a map of the region, click here: Map of Tourouvre, La Ventrouze, La Gagnonnière.

When I was working in France in 1980, I visited that area, and took pictures of what was left of La Gagnonnière, which are reproduced below. Since that time, the group of buildings has reportedly been bought and fixed up as a summer home by people from Paris. A series of ten short videos of the site from 2011 can be seen here.

Here is a description of the place from a publication from 1974 (referring to a map that is reproduced here). It is referring to a tour of the entire region, referencing the map.

"On le commencera ... au carrefour des N.12 et D.918, ou carrefour Sainte Anne, où se trouvait un oratoire à sainte Anne récemment déplacé vers l'aire de repos plus bas sur la N.12. A partir de l'hôtel Sainte-Anne (côté Est), on joindra la Gagnonnière (Gag) en descendant le petit chemin partant de la chemin à gauche (chemin de terre) qui conduit à la Gagnonnière (Gag). Les maisons sont toutes anciennes, certaines ont été aménagées en résidences secondaires, d'autres sont presqu'en ruines la plus ancienne devrait être reconstruite prochainement: le chemin creux tendant vers Tourouvre (à droite en arrivant dans le village) n'a pas changé depuis trois siècles, c'est toujours l'ancien lieu des Gagnon, mais il n'y a plus de Gagnon!" "You begin ... at the crossroads of the N.12 and D.918 highways, or the Sainte-Anne crossroad, where there was a shrine to Saint Anne, which was recently moved to the rest area further down on highway N.12. Leaving the Saint Anne hotel (on the East side), you arrive at La Gagnonnière (represented on the map as "Gag") by going down the little road which leaves the road on the left (dirt road), which goes to La Gagnonnière. The houses are all ancient, some of them have been converted into second homes, others are almost in ruins, the oldest of which is supposed to soon be reconstructed. The low road towards Tourouvre (on the right when you arrive at the village) has not changed in three centuries, it's still the old Gagnon place, but there are no longer any Gagnons!"
Source: Cahiers Percherons, numéro spécial: "Le Perche des Canadiens," by Pierre Montagne (Associations des amis du Perche, Perche-Canada et Québec-Perche, 1978)
La Gagnonnière, August 1980. (click on images for enlarged views)