Louis GAGNON

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27 July 1814 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Died

2 March 1900 , Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA

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Jean-Baptiste GAGNON Constance BOUCHER

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Born: 27 July 1814 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste GAGNON

Mother: Constance BOUCHER

Paternal grandparents: Louis GAGNON , Elisabeth BONENFANT

Maternal grandparents: François BOUCHER , Catherine HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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Louis married Marie Anne THIBODEAU 24 January 1842 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Anne THIBODEAU was born 29 March 1813 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston). Marie Anne died 31 August 1857 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna). Marie Anne was the child of Georges THIBODEAU and Francoise THIBODEAU.

Louis GAGNON died 2 March 1900 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA.
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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!

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Marie Anne THIBODEAU
Marriage date: 24 January 1842
Marriage place: Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada
Marie Anne THIBODEAU was the child of Georges THIBODEAU and Francoise THIBODEAU

Children of Louis GAGNON and Marie Anne THIBODEAU

Marie Demerise GAGNON

Born: 27 August 1845, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East
Died: abt. 1932, Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Clement ROY dit LAUZIER 24 February 1868 Place: Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

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Birth — 1814
27 July 1814
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1842 Marriage / Partner
Louis GAGNON and Marie Anne THIBODEAU 24 January 1842, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston)

He was 27 years old.

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Marie Demerise GAGNON was born 27 August 1845, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Louis was 31 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Anne THIBODEAU died 31 August 1857, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Marriage of Child
Marie Demerise GAGNON married 24 February 1868, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna) to Clement ROY dit LAUZIER

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

Death — 1900
2 March 1900
Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 85.

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