Maximin GAGNON

Born

abt. 1832 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

22 January 1891 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Maximin GAGNON

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Born: abt. 1832 in Québec Province, Canada

Parents of Maximin GAGNON

Father

Joseph GAGNON

Mother

Marie-Eulalie MARCEAU

Grandparents of Maximin GAGNON

Paternal grandparents

Joseph GAGNON Geneviève BOIVIN

Maternal grandparents

Joseph MARCEAU Marie-Louise MERCIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Maximin married Rose-Delima FORTIER 5 October 1858 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose-Delima FORTIER was born 10 September 1839 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada . Rose-Delima was the child of Joseph FORTIER and Marcelline BOISSONNEAU.

Maximin GAGNON died 22 January 1891 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada .
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Gagnon Family Legacy - Ceramic Mug

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 Maximin GAGNON

Maximin GAGNON married

Rose-Delima FORTIER
Marriage date: 5 October 1858
Marriage place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East
Rose-Delima FORTIER was the child of Joseph FORTIER and Marcelline BOISSONNEAU

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

Children of Maximin GAGNON and Rose-Delima FORTIER

Marie GAGNON

Born: 24 June 1863, Saint-Raphaël, Canada East
Died: 28 July 1949, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Married: Cyrille PARÉ

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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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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 - 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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Maximin GAGNON and Rose-Delima FORTIER 5 October 1858, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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

1863 Birth of Child
Marie GAGNON was born 24 June 1863, Saint-Raphaël, Québec, Canada (St-Raphael)

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.