Jean-Baptiste GAGNON

Born

5 October 1812 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

22 May 1884 , Danville, Canada

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Born: 5 October 1812 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Parents of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON

Father

Etienne GAGNON

Mother

Helene TREMBLAY

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON

Paternal grandparents

Francois GAGNON Catherine PARENT

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY Angélique SIMARD

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

Jean-Baptiste married Carmelie SIMARD 7 February 1831 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Carmelie SIMARD was born 20 September 1812 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Carmelie died 30 July 1900 in St-Claude, Richmond, Canada. Carmelie was the child of François-Paul SIMARD and Marie-Antoinette-Ursule GIRARD.

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON died 22 May 1884 in Danville, 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!

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON married

Carmelie SIMARD
Marriage date: 7 February 1831
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Carmelie SIMARD was the child of François-Paul SIMARD and Marie-Antoinette-Ursule GIRARD

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Children of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Carmelie SIMARD

Marie GAGNON

Born: 8 October 1838, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 8 March 1927, Magog, Québec, Canada

Married: Michel LAVOIE 16 February 1857 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

Eveline GAGNON

Born: 8 February 1843, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 12 August 1904, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Antoine TREMBLAY 25 July 1864 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

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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 — 1812
5 October 1812
Les Éboulements, 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Carmelie SIMARD 7 February 1831, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 18 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Marie GAGNON was born 8 October 1838, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Eveline GAGNON was born 8 February 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Marie GAGNON married 16 February 1857, Les Éboulements, Canada East to Michel LAVOIE

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Eveline GAGNON married 25 July 1864, Les Éboulements, Canada East to Antoine TREMBLAY

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.