Isaac GAGNON

Born

4 February 1809 , St-Gilles, Beauce, Lower Canada

Died

24 May 1893 , Fortierville, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Isaac married Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ 12 February 1839 in Saint-Sylvestre, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ was born 4 November 1821 in Lotbinière, Lower Canada . Marie-Marguerite died 18 February 1898 in Ste-Émelie-de-Leclerville, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marguerite was the child of François GAGNÉ and Victoire OUELLET .

Parents & Family of Isaac GAGNON

Parents of Isaac GAGNON

Father

François GAGNON

Mother

Thérèse PARADIS

Grandparents of Isaac GAGNON

Paternal grandparents

François-Xavier GAGNON Marie-Madeleine DRAPEAU

Maternal grandparents

Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

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Did you know that most people with the Gagnon name came from three sons of Pierre Gagnon (Gaignon) and Renee Roger of Tourouvre, France, who came to New France (Quebec) around 1637? Mathurin, Jean and Pierre Gagnon, along with their wives did much to populate North America with the proud Gagnon surname!

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Isaac GAGNON

Isaac GAGNON married

Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ
Marriage date: 12 February 1839
Marriage place: Saint-Sylvestre, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada
Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ was the child of François GAGNÉ and Victoire OUELLET

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Isaac GAGNON and Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ

Louis (Wilfrid) GAGNON

Born: 15 May 1848, Saint-Gilles, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada
Died: 24 January 1928, Fortierville, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie (Mary) HOULE 1890

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1809
4 February 1809
St-Gilles, Beauce, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 Marriage / Partner
Isaac GAGNON and Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ 12 February 1839, Saint-Sylvestre, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada

He was 30 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Birth of Child
Louis (Wilfrid) GAGNON was born 15 May 1848, Saint-Gilles, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada

Isaac was 39 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.