Michel GAGNON

Born

6 August 1798 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

10 October 1886 , St Joseph, Cloud, Kansas, USA

Michel married Marie-Adele-Delima MARTIN 1 May 1827 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Adele-Delima MARTIN was born abt. 1807 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie-Adele-Delima was the child of François MARTIN dit BARNABÉ and Louise MORIN .

Parents & Family of Michel GAGNON

Parents of Michel GAGNON

Father

Michel GAGNON

Mother

Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX

Grandparents of Michel GAGNON

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON Marguerite JANELLE

Maternal grandparents

Michel-Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX Catherine CAILLÉ

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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!

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Michel GAGNON

Michel GAGNON married

Marie-Adele-Delima MARTIN
Marriage date: 1 May 1827
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Marie-Adele-Delima MARTIN was the child of François MARTIN dit BARNABÉ and Louise MORIN

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

Children of Michel GAGNON and Marie-Adele-Delima MARTIN

Damase GAGNON

Born: 8 January 1828, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 2 December 1906, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Married: Emelie GAGNON 13 November 1849 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East

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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 — 1798
6 August 1798
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Michel GAGNON and Marie-Adele-Delima MARTIN 1 May 1827, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 28 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Damase GAGNON was born 8 January 1828, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Michel was 29 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

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

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Damase GAGNON married 13 November 1849, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East to Emelie GAGNON

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

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.