Elisabeth GAGNON

Born

29 September 1825 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

5 September 1899 , Jonquière, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Elisabeth GAGNON

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Born: 29 September 1825 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Parents of Elisabeth GAGNON

Father

Joseph GAGNON

Mother

Luce GILBERT

Grandparents of Elisabeth GAGNON

Paternal grandparents

Agapit GAGNON Elisabeth MCNICOLL

Maternal grandparents

David GILBERT Marie-Luce SIMARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Elisabeth married Damase GAGNE 4 August 1846 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Damase GAGNE was born 27 December 1824 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Damase was the child of Michel GAGNÉ and Denise GIRARD.

Elisabeth GAGNON died 5 September 1899 in Jonquière, Québec, Canada.
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Gagnon Family Legacy - Ceramic Mug

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 Elisabeth GAGNON

Elisabeth GAGNON married

Damase GAGNE
Marriage date: 4 August 1846
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East

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Damase GAGNE was the child of Michel GAGNÉ and Denise GIRARD

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

Children of Damase GAGNE and Elisabeth GAGNON

Alfred GAGNE

Born: 14 July 1857, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 13 November 1929, St-Coeur-de-Marie, Delisle, Lac-St-Jean, Canada

Married: Marie OUELLET 26 April 1880

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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 — 1825
29 September 1825
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

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

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 / Partner
Elisabeth GAGNON and Damase GAGNE 4 August 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 20 years old.

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.

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

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Alfred GAGNE was born 14 July 1857, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Elisabeth was 31 years old.

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.