Elzear
GAGNON
(b.
10 June 1840
,
Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
d.
17 January 1893
,
St Fabien, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
)
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Elzear GAGNON was born 10 June 1840 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
Elzear GAGNON was the child of Joseph-Abraham GAGNON and Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Barthelemy GAGNON and Marie-Catherine GARON (maternal) Antoine ROUSSEAU and Marie-Thérèse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Elzear married Marcelline LEBEL 28 February 1865 in St Eloi, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marcelline LEBEL was born 29 December 1847 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Marcelline died 18 July 1926 in Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore). Marcelline was the child of Joseph LEBEL and Marie-Sophie MIGNOT dite LABRIE.
Elzear GAGNON died 17 January 1893 in St Fabien, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.
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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!
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.
Family and Children of Elzear GAGNON
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Marcelline LEBEL-- Date: 28 February 1865 Place: St Eloi, Quebec, Canada
Marcelline LEBEL was the child of Joseph LEBEL and Marie-Sophie MIGNOT dite LABRIE
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Children of Elzear GAGNON and Marcelline LEBEL:
Joseph GAGNON (b.18 April 1869, Saint-Fabien, Québec, Canada d. , )
Louis Gonzague GAGNON (b.20 September 1880, Saint-Fabien, Québec, Canada d. 25 May 1959, Hot Springs, Sanders County, Montana, USA)
m. Elise Elizabeth HAMEL 10 May 1911
Antoine GAGNON (b.1 November 1881, Saint-Fabien, Québec, Canada d. 23 April 1959, Fairview, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA)
m. Marie Louise GAGNON 27 October 1914 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)
Marcelline LEBEL-- Date: 28 February 1865 Place: St Eloi, Quebec, CanadaMarcelline LEBEL was the child of Joseph LEBEL and Marie-Sophie MIGNOT dite LABRIE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Elzear GAGNON and Marcelline LEBEL:
Joseph GAGNON (b.18 April 1869, Saint-Fabien, Québec, Canada d. , ) Louis Gonzague GAGNON (b.20 September 1880, Saint-Fabien, Québec, Canada d. 25 May 1959, Hot Springs, Sanders County, Montana, USA)m. Elise Elizabeth HAMEL 10 May 1911
Antoine GAGNON (b.1 November 1881, Saint-Fabien, Québec, Canada d. 23 April 1959, Fairview, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA)m. Marie Louise GAGNON 27 October 1914 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)
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1840 Birth 10 June 1840
Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
Baptism
St-Simon, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
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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.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1865 Marriage / PartnerElzear GAGNON and Marcelline LEBEL 28 February 1865, St Eloi, Quebec, Canada
He 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.
1869 Birth of ChildJoseph GAGNON was born 18 April 1869, Saint-Fabien, Québec, Canada
Elzear was 28 years old.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada1880 Birth of ChildLouis Gonzague GAGNON was born 20 September 1880, Saint-Fabien, Québec, Canada
Elzear was 40 years old.
1881 Birth of ChildAntoine GAGNON was born 1 November 1881, Saint-Fabien, Québec, Canada
Elzear was 41 years old.
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
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 Canada
1893 Death 17 January 1893
St Fabien, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 52.
Elzear is buried at: Saint-Fabien Cemetery Saint-Fabien, Bas-Saint-Laurent Region, Quebec, Canada
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