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gagne Name Meaning and History

French: occupational name for a farmer or peasant, from Old French ga(i)gnier ‘to cultivate or work (the land)’. Numerous variants and Americanized forms are found (see Gagner, Gonyea).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The gagne name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the gagne family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of gagne Families in the US in 1920
Number of gagne families
 111-219
 38-110		 1-37
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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