Suzanne DESBIENS

Born

17 April 1770 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

27 February 1856 , Laterrière, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS Marie-Luce PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)

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Born: 17 April 1770 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS

Mother: Marie-Luce PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)

Paternal grandparents: Étienne DESBIENS , Suzanne ROYER

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Etienne PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) , Marie-Gertrude BOUCHARD

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Suzanne married Jean-François GAGNE 7 January 1788 in La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Jean-François GAGNE was born 16 August 1758 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Jean-François died 8 May 1831 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Jean-François was the child of Jacques GAGNÉ and Marie-Marthe SIMARD.

Suzanne DESBIENS died 27 February 1856 in Laterrière, Canada East.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Jean-François GAGNE
Marriage date: 7 January 1788
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-François GAGNE was the child of Jacques GAGNÉ and Marie-Marthe SIMARD

Children of Jean-François GAGNE and Suzanne DESBIENS

Pierre GAGNE

Born: 3 November 1788, La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 29 June 1843, La Malbaie, Canada East

Married: Marguerite BARRETTE 22 January 1811 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Scholastique GAGNE

Born: 5 March 1793, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 27 September 1821, La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre BOUDREAU 9 October 1810 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Olive GAGNE

Born: 2 June 1795, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alexis TREMBLAY 7 September 1842 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Francois GAGNE

Born: 13 February 1798, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Antoinette BOULIANNE 10 February 1824 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Married: Felicite BOUDREAU 22 November 1836 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Michel GAGNE

Born: abt. 1800, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Beatrice BOULIANNE 17 January 1826 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1770
17 April 1770
Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Suzanne DESBIENS and Jean-François GAGNE 7 January 1788, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 17 years old.

1788 Birth of Child
Pierre GAGNE was born 3 November 1788, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Suzanne was 18 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Birth of Child
Scholastique GAGNE was born 5 March 1793, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Suzanne was 22 years old.

1795 Birth of Child
Olive GAGNE was born 2 June 1795, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Suzanne was 25 years old.

1798 Birth of Child
Francois GAGNE was born 13 February 1798, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Suzanne was 27 years old.

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

1810 Marriage of Child
Scholastique GAGNE married 9 October 1810, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Pierre BOUDREAU

1811 Marriage of Child
Pierre GAGNE married 22 January 1811, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Marguerite BARRETTE

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

1821 Death of Child
Scholastique GAGNE died 27 September 1821, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Suzanne was 51 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Marriage of Child
Francois GAGNE married 10 February 1824, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Antoinette BOULIANNE

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Marriage of Child
Michel GAGNE married 17 January 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Beatrice BOULIANNE

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

1831 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-François GAGNE died 8 May 1831, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Marriage of Child
Francois GAGNE married 22 November 1836, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Felicite BOUDREAU

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Olive GAGNE married 7 September 1842, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Alexis TREMBLAY

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Death of Child
Pierre GAGNE died 29 June 1843, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Suzanne was 73 years old.

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.

Death — 1856
27 February 1856
Laterrière, Canada East
She died at the age of 85.

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