Gagnon
A founding name of New France, from Perche.
- Origin
- French
- Register
- French family
The seat of Gagnon
Seat vacantChief
No one leads the Gagnon community yet. When the movement opens, you can stand for its leadership, or help elect whoever does.
Current mission
No shared goal set yet. Once Gagnon has leadership, it sets the public focus: a restoration, a gathering, a real-world project that helps its own.
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Help rebuild the Gagnon clan →What does the Gagnon name mean?
Probably from Old French gagnon, a watchdog or mastiff (and a nickname for a quarrelsome man), or akin to gagner, to farm. A modest French name that became a pillar of French Canada.
The history of Gagnon
Gagnon's weight was made in New France. Three brothers — Mathurin, Jean and Pierre Gagnon — came from the Perche region and settled at Château-Richer below Quebec City in the 1640s, among the true founding families of the colony. From them the name multiplied across the St Lawrence valley to stand today among the very commonest surnames of Quebec.
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Pick any year from 500 to 1945 and any place on earth — the Gagnon country, or a shore no Gagnon ever reached. The chronicler sets the scene; the deeds are yours.