On 01 Jan 1673, Joseph Gagnon, son of Pierre Gagnon and Barbe Fortin, was born. He was baptized in the Chapel of Cap Tourmente, Ste. Anne de Beaupré, Québec, New France on 11 Jan 1673.
The Birth and Baptismal Record of Joseph Gagnon – 1673
SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Ste. Anne de Beaupré, Québec, New France, 1673. Birth and Baptismal Record of Joseph Gagnon, Page 16.
Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Joseph Gagnon – 1673. Translated from the French the record reads:
1673
Baptism of Joseph GagnonIn the year of Our Lord [one thousand] seventy one, on the eleventh of January, I the undersigned Missionary Priest baptized in the Chapel of Cap Tourmente an infant born on the first of this month to Pierre Gagnon
and Barbe Fortin his wife. The Godfather was Pierre Gagnon, the grandfather, and the Godmother was Genevií¨ve Gamache, the grandmother. This infant was named Joseph. Signed J. Dudouyt, Missionary Priest :/:
                       Morin, Priest
This record can be found as image 16/877 in the Québec Vital Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com as part of the records for Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré 1668-1808. The record appears on page 16.
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