Theotiste GAGNON

(b. 15 December 1770 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 December 1835 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada )

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Theotiste GAGNON was born 15 December 1770 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Theotiste GAGNON was the child of Alexis-Barthelemy GAGNON and Charlotte PLOURDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marguerite LANGLAIS dite SERIEN (maternal) Pierre PLOURDE and Marie-Ursule LÉVESQUE

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Theotiste married Vincent PARADIS 21 January 1788 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Vincent PARADIS was born 22 March 1769 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Vincent died 4 February 1844 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Vincent was the child of Jean PARADIS and Marie-Felicite PELLETIER.

Theotiste GAGNON died 22 December 1835 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower 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!

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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Theotiste GAGNON married

Vincent PARADIS-- Date: 21 January 1788 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Vincent PARADIS was the child of Jean PARADIS and Marie-Felicite PELLETIER

Children of Vincent PARADIS and Theotiste GAGNON:

Jean PARADIS (b.15 June 1803, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Sophie ROUX 8 February 1825 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

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1770 Birth
15 December 1770
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Theotiste GAGNON and Vincent PARADIS 21 January 1788, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 17 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1803 Birth of Child
Jean PARADIS was born 15 June 1803, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Theotiste was 32 years old.

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