Raphael GAGNON

Born

20 November 1812 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

12 November 1891 , St Médard, Drummond and Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada

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François GAGNON Marie-Louise LACOURSE

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Born: 20 November 1812 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Father: François GAGNON

Mother: Marie-Louise LACOURSE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GAGNON , Marie-Josephte FILTEAU

Maternal grandparents: Joseph DAVID dit LACOURSE , Marie-Thérèse MORISSET (MORISSETTE)

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Raphael married Marie-Esther NOEL 26 July 1836 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Esther NOEL was born 6 December 1815 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Marie-Esther died 4 November 1877 in St-Médard de Warwick, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Esther was the child of Jean-Baptiste NOEL and Marie-Louise HEON.

Raphael GAGNON died 12 November 1891 in St Médard, Drummond and Arthabaska, Quebec, 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!

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Raphael GAGNON married

Marie-Esther NOEL
Marriage date: 26 July 1836
Marriage place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marie-Esther NOEL was the child of Jean-Baptiste NOEL and Marie-Louise HEON

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

Children of Raphael GAGNON and Marie-Esther NOEL

Marie-Éléonore GAGNON

Born: 3 August 1839, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1861,

Married: Charles-Gamélicès DESILETS 28 January 1856 Place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, 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
20 November 1812
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, 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

1836 Marriage / Partner
Raphael GAGNON and Marie-Esther NOEL 26 July 1836, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

He was 23 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

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

1839 Birth of Child
Marie-Éléonore GAGNON was born 3 August 1839, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Raphael was 26 years old.

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.

1856 Marriage of Child
Marie-Éléonore GAGNON married 28 January 1856, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East to Charles-Gamélicès DESILETS

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.