Therese GAGNE

Born

5 October 1793 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

Died

26 August 1863 , Sainte-Flavie, Canada East

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Pierre-Basile GAGNE Therese MOREL dite LADURANTAYE

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Born: 5 October 1793 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre-Basile GAGNE

Mother: Therese MOREL dite LADURANTAYE

Paternal grandparents: Basile GAGNE , Judith ST-LAURENT

Maternal grandparents: Joseph MOREL dit LADURANTAYE , Genevieve VALLIERE (VALLIERES)

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Therese married Guillaume ROSS 16 February 1813 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Guillaume ROSS was born 10 September 1793 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Guillaume died 27 November 1857 in Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada. Guillaume was the child of Guillaume ROSS and Josephte BOUCHER.

Therese GAGNE died 26 August 1863 in Sainte-Flavie, Canada East.
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Therese GAGNE married

Guillaume ROSS
Marriage date: 16 February 1813
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Guillaume ROSS was the child of Guillaume ROSS and Josephte BOUCHER

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Therese ROSS

Born: 7 December 1813, Rimouski, Lower Canada
Died: 16 April 1893, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

Married: Laurent THIBAULT 8 November 1831 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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Birth — 1793
5 October 1793
Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Therese GAGNE and Guillaume ROSS 16 February 1813, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

She was 19 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Therese ROSS was born 7 December 1813, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Therese was 20 years old.

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

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

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

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

1831 Marriage of Child
Therese ROSS married 8 November 1831, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Laurent THIBAULT

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)

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.