Adelaide
GAGNON
Born
29 August 1832
,
Sorel, Lower Canada
Died
4 June 1901
,
Yamaska, Québec, Canada
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Born: 29 August 1832 in Sorel, Lower Canada
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Adelaide married André PLASSE 6 November 1855 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
André PLASSE was born 9 August 1826 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). André died 5 October 1875 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). André was the child of Andre-Henry PLASSE and Catherine LAVALLEE.
Adelaide GAGNON died 4 June 1901 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada .
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Gagnon Family Legacy - Ceramic MugDid 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!
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of Adelaide GAGNON
Adelaide GAGNON married André PLASSE
Marriage date: 6 November 1855
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
André PLASSE was the child of Andre-Henry PLASSE and Catherine LAVALLEE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
André PLASSEMarriage date: 6 November 1855
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
André PLASSE was the child of Andre-Henry PLASSE and Catherine LAVALLEE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
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Birth — 183229 August 1832
Sorel, Lower Canada
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1855 Marriage / PartnerAdelaide GAGNON and André PLASSE 6 November 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
She was 23 years old.
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1857 Birth of ChildZephirin PLASSE was born 4 August 1857, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)
Adelaide was 24 years old.
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 Death of Spouse/PartnerAndré PLASSE died 5 October 1875, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)
1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 Marriage of ChildZephirin PLASSE married 29 January 1885, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada to Mary PLANTE
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. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of CanadaDeath — 19014 June 1901
Yamaska, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 68.
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