Discussion Forum of the Upper St.John River Valley website / Forum de discussion du site web de la Vallée Supérieure de la Rivière St-Jean

Leonard Gagnon was a great-great grandson of Prospère and Marianne (Prospère --> Antoine --> Antoine --> Donat --> Leonard ) He and his family lived on Gagnon Hill in Upper Frenchville. In 1942 the Farm Security Administration sent photographer John Collier Jr. to the Valley to take photos as part o...

I wonder how many other photos of ancestors are floating around in various places?

The original Gagnon family who came over -- though spelled Gaignon at that time -- were from La Ventrouze in the province of Maine (southern Normandy) in northern France. This is an area of origin for a number of other families who came to New France in the 1600s as well. For information on the sett...