flag male ancestor  Isaac  GAGNON

  (b. 4 February 1809 St-Gilles, Beauce, Lower Canada   d. 24 May 1893 Fortierville, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada )  

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Isaac GAGNON was born 4 February 1809 in St-Gilles, Beauce, Lower Canada

Isaac GAGNON was the child of François GAGNON   and   Thérèse PARADIS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  François-Xavier GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine DRAPEAU

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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, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis).  Marie-Marguerite died 18 February 1898 in Ste-Émelie-de-Leclerville, Québec, Canada.  Marie-Marguerite was the child of François GAGNÉ and Victoire OUELLET.

Isaac GAGNON died 24 May 1893 in Fortierville, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada.
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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!
Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Isaac GAGNON married flag female ancestor Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ-- Date: 12 February 1839 Place: Saint-Sylvestre, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada
Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ was the child of François GAGNÉ and Victoire OUELLET




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Children of Isaac GAGNON and Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ:

flag male ancestor Louis (Wilfrid) GAGNON (b.15 May 1848, Saint-Gilles, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada  d. 24 January 1928, Fortierville, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie (Mary) HOULE 1890



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birth1809 Birth
4 February 1809
St-Gilles, Beauce, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1839 Marriage / Partner
Isaac GAGNON and Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ 12 February 1839, Saint-Sylvestre, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada

He was 30 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1848 Birth of Child
Louis (Wilfrid) GAGNON was born 15 May 1848, Saint-Gilles, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada

Isaac was 39 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1893 Death
24 May 1893
Fortierville, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 84.
Added: 1/2/2018 12:08:05 PM - Updated: 3/12/2025 6:58:39 PM

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