Joseph GAGNON dit BELIZLE

Born

2 June 1816 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Died

Joseph married Marie-Julie-Monique HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE 15 September 1840 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Julie-Monique HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE was born 18 December 1820 in Québec, Lower Canada . Marie-Julie-Monique was the child of Louis-Charles HIANVEU dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Angelique-Emilie MCDONALD .

Parents & Family of Joseph GAGNON dit BELIZLE

Parents of Joseph GAGNON dit BELIZLE

Father

Alexandre GAGNON dit BELIZLE

Mother

Charlotte PLOURDE

Grandparents of Joseph GAGNON dit BELIZLE

Paternal grandparents

Jean GAGNON Marie-Angelique LEBEL

Maternal grandparents

Denis PLOURDE Marie-Claudette-Charlotte OUELLET

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph GAGNON dit BELIZLE

Joseph GAGNON dit BELIZLE married

Marie-Julie-Monique HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE
Marriage date: 15 September 1840
Marriage place: Québec, Lower Canada
Marie-Julie-Monique HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE was the child of Louis-Charles HIANVEU dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Angelique-Emilie MCDONALD

Marriage notes:

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

Children of Joseph GAGNON dit BELIZLE and Marie-Julie-Monique HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE

Joseph Stanislas Ademar GAGNON

Born: 9 September 1847, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Joseph's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

What is a "dit/dite" Name?

When the first settlers came to Québec from France, it was a custom to add a "dit" nickname to the surname. The English translation of "dit" is "said." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1816
2 June 1816
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAGNON dit BELIZLE and Marie-Julie-Monique HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE 15 September 1840, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 24 years old.

Joseph GAGNON dit BELIZLE - 1840 marriage

1840 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

1847 Birth of Child
Joseph Stanislas Ademar GAGNON was born 9 September 1847, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Joseph was 31 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.

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.