Our family roots go back to Tourouvre, France:
Saint-Aubin Cathedral:
A plaque on the wall has a list of people baptized there who migrated to Canada:
Jean Gagnon, baptized in 1610, was the grandson of Barnabe Gagnon who bought land east of Tourourve.
Barnabe’s farm and inn that he established was is called La Gagnonniere.
Jean Gagnon migrated to Quebec in 1635.
La Gagnonniere:
La Gagnonniere, 1980:
1980s photos and big thanks to Chip Gagnon & more info at http://upperstjohn.com/gagnon/gagnonniere.htm
> Next stop on tour: Quebec City, New France
Gagnon Family History 
Hello
I am a descendant of Pierre Gagnon and love what you’ve done to document the Gagnon migration from France to Canada. May I use some of the photos from your website for my family genealogy documentation?
I appreciate your consideration.
Diane Schiffbauer (my maternal grandmother was a Gagnon)
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To be honest, my photos are possibly copyrighted by someone else if they are copyrighted at all.
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Hey Jim,
The black and white photos of the Gagnonnière from 1980 are from my website, I would only request that you credit the pix and give a link back to my site.
Here’s the page: http://upperstjohn.com/gagnon/gagnonniere.htm
Thanks.
Chip Gagnon
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I am a decendant of Jean Gagnon. My grandfather, Viateur Gagnon, migrated to America to work in the French Worcestor Mills in Rhode Island. It was great to see the pictures.
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I am a descendant of Julien Mercier, on the same plaque. My maternal grandfather Norbert Mercier migrated to Fall River, MA, both grandfathers (paternal is Beaudoin) and most of my aunts and uncles (and both my parents) worked in the Fall River and RI textile mills.
A trip to Tourouvre is on my bucket list, thanks for sharing the photos and history.
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My great grandparents also emigrated to Fall River, MA from Quebec. That is where my paternal grandfather was born. My great grandfather was a descendant of Robert Gagnon who also lived and worked at La Gagnonierre until he emigrated to Quebec. Fascinating stuff! I visited La Gagnonierre when in France in 2018.
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Tell us about LaGagnonierre.
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I just learned of this connection today from a Gagnon cousin. She figured out we are direct descendants of Pierre. Very excited to learn about these roots. My Mom was a Gagnon and married a Gagne. Plan on researching my Dads family too
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It’s wonderful that this piece of my family history is so well documented. My mother is a Gagnon, and I have 25% French-Canadian ancestry.
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Very interesting and touching.
Mille fois merci !
Alexandre Gagnon
Salluit, Nunavik
Quebec
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I happened to stumble upon this page looking for my family tree and Jen was my 10th great-grandfather. How exciting
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Hello all!! Bonjour!!
I am also a decendant of the Gagnon family.
My family tree is the Charest/Gagnon family.
Grandfather would be Henry Joseph Gagnon.
I reside in B.C. Canada.
Join us all on Facebook.
We are all still searching for family !!
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Hi,
My name is Caroline Gagnon and my ancestor is Maturin Gagnon. I’m happy to see his name on the plaque.
When he migrated to Québec City, he opened a general store with his brothers.
He also had a farm that still exists not to far from where I live and there’s a plaque giving information there.
Caroline Gagnon, daughter of Michel Gagnon, granddaughter of Ambroise Gagnon and great granddaughter of Télesphore Gagnon … All from Quebec City 🇨🇦
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bonjour je suis de la 12e génération des Gagnon (Pierre Gagnon) et il y a 2 générations après moi. Ma grand-mère paternel étaIt une Gagnon. Son père a émigrer à Fall River aux États-Unis. Ma grand-mère est née aux États-Unis et est revenue au Québec au début du XXe siècle.
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