Gédéon-Célestin DÉRAGON

Born

9 August 1826 , Chambly, Lower Canada

Died

1 April 1889 , Durham-Sud, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Gédéon-Célestin DÉRAGON

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Born: 9 August 1826 in Chambly, Lower Canada

Parents of Gédéon-Célestin DÉRAGON

Father

Pierre-Charles DÉRAGON

Mother

Marie-Josephte LAMOUREUX

Grandparents of Gédéon-Célestin DÉRAGON

Paternal grandparents

François DARAGON dit LAFRANCE Elisabeth LAGÜE

Maternal grandparents

Michel LAMOUREUX Charlotte PATENAUDE

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

Gédéon-Célestin married Adelaide (Adeline) LANDRY abt. 1875 in L'Avenir, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelaide (Adeline) LANDRY was born 17 September 1843 in Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Adelaide (Adeline) died 23 October 1908 in Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Adelaide (Adeline) was the child of Gregoire LANDRY and Julie THERIAULT.

Gédéon-Célestin DÉRAGON died 1 April 1889 in Durham-Sud, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Gédéon-Célestin DÉRAGON

Gédéon-Célestin DÉRAGON married

Adelaide (Adeline) LANDRY
Marriage date: abt. 1875
Marriage place: L'Avenir, Québec, Canada
Adelaide (Adeline) LANDRY was the child of Gregoire LANDRY and Julie THERIAULT

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

Children of Gédéon-Célestin DÉRAGON and Adelaide (Adeline) LANDRY

George A DERAGON

Born: 25 November 1875, Durham-Sud, Québec, Canada
Died: 3 May 1959, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Albina BOURRE 17 August 1896 Place: Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

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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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Birth — 1826
9 August 1826
Chambly, Lower Canada

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 - 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 - 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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Birth of Child
George A DERAGON was born 25 November 1875, Durham-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-Fulgence-de-Durham)

Gédéon-Célestin was 49 years old.

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.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.