Marie-Esther NOEL

Born

6 December 1815 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

4 November 1877 , St-Médard de Warwick, Quebec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste NOEL Marie-Louise HEON

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Born: 6 December 1815 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste NOEL

Mother: Marie-Louise HEON

Paternal grandparents: Antoine NOEL , Agnes GOULET

Maternal grandparents: Pierre HEON , Marie-Josephe RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT)

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Marie-Esther married Raphael GAGNON 26 July 1836 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Raphael GAGNON was born 20 November 1812 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Raphael died 12 November 1891 in St Médard, Drummond and Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada. Raphael was the child of François GAGNON and Marie-Louise LACOURSE.

Marie-Esther NOEL died 4 November 1877 in St-Médard de Warwick, Quebec, Canada.
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Marie-Esther NOEL married

Raphael GAGNON
Marriage date: 26 July 1836
Marriage place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Raphael GAGNON was the child of François GAGNON and Marie-Louise LACOURSE

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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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Birth — 1815
6 December 1815
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
Marie-Esther NOEL and Raphael GAGNON 26 July 1836, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

She was 20 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)*

Marie-Esther was 23 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.