Luce GILBERT

Born

4 November 1798 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

3 March 1870 , La Baie, Québec, Canada

Luce married Joseph GAGNON 11 November 1816 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Joseph GAGNON was born 23 February 1794 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Joseph died 24 June 1878 in La Baie, Québec, Canada . Joseph was the child of Agapit GAGNON and Elisabeth MCNICOLL .

Parents & Family of Luce GILBERT

Parents of Luce GILBERT

Father

David GILBERT

Mother

Marie-Luce SIMARD

Grandparents of Luce GILBERT

Paternal grandparents

Pierre GILBERT Marie-Angélique DUFOUR

Maternal grandparents

Louis-Henri SIMARD Felicite BOIVIN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Luce GILBERT

Luce GILBERT married

Joseph GAGNON
Marriage date: 11 November 1816
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Joseph GAGNON was the child of Agapit GAGNON and Elisabeth MCNICOLL

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

Children of Joseph GAGNON and Luce GILBERT

David GAGNON

Born: 25 August 1817, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 4 February 1899, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Married: Charlotte MURDOCK 23 April 1839 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Elisabeth GAGNON

Born: 29 September 1825, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 5 September 1899, Jonquière, Québec, Canada

Married: Damase GAGNE 4 August 1846 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East

Eleonore-Honorat GAGNON

Born: abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Adolphe TREMBLAY 7 November 1854 Place: La Baie, Canada East

Adeline GAGNON

Born: 4 March 1838, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 6 January 1888, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: François-Xavier TREMBLAY 11 February 1858 Place: La Malbaie, 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
4 November 1798
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

1816 Marriage / Partner
Luce GILBERT and Joseph GAGNON 11 November 1816, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 18 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
David GAGNON was born 25 August 1817, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Luce was 18 years old.

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)

1825 Birth of Child
Elisabeth GAGNON was born 29 September 1825, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Luce was 26 years old.

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

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Adeline GAGNON was born 4 March 1838, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Luce was 39 years old.

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

1839 Marriage of Child
David GAGNON married 23 April 1839, La Malbaie, Lower Canada to Charlotte MURDOCK

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth GAGNON married 4 August 1846, La Malbaie, Canada East to Damase GAGNE

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Eleonore-Honorat GAGNON married 7 November 1854, La Baie, Canada East to Adolphe TREMBLAY

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 Marriage of Child
Adeline GAGNON married 11 February 1858, La Malbaie, Canada East to François-Xavier TREMBLAY

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.