Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ

Born

4 November 1821 , Lotbinière, Lower Canada

Died

18 February 1898 , Ste-Émelie-de-Leclerville, Québec, Canada

Marie-Marguerite married Isaac GAGNON 12 February 1839 in Saint-Sylvestre, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Isaac GAGNON was born 4 February 1809 in St-Gilles, Beauce, Lower Canada. Isaac died 24 May 1893 in Fortierville, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Isaac was the child of François GAGNON and Thérèse PARADIS .

Parents & Family of Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ

Parents of Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ

Father

François GAGNÉ

Mother

Victoire OUELLET

Grandparents of Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ

Paternal grandparents

Raphael GAGNÉ Marie-Geneviève DUFOUR

Maternal grandparents

Michel OUELLET Marie-Madeleine SIMARD

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ

Marie-Marguerite GAGNÉ married

Isaac GAGNON
Marriage date: 12 February 1839
Marriage place: Saint-Sylvestre, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada
Isaac GAGNON was the child of François GAGNON and Thérèse PARADIS

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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 — 1821
4 November 1821
Lotbinière, Lower Canada

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

She was 17 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

Marie-Marguerite was 26 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.