Gervais GAGNON

Born

8 May 1778 , Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

31 January 1866 , Québec Province, Canada

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Louis-Antoine-Sylvestre GAGNON Julie GUAY (CASTONGUAY)

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Born: 8 May 1778 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Louis-Antoine-Sylvestre GAGNON

Mother: Julie GUAY (CASTONGUAY)

Paternal grandparents: Pierre GAGNON , Scholastique GIRARD

Maternal grandparents: Noel GUAY (CASTONGUAY) , Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY

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Gervais married Geneviève TREMBLAY 8 August 1797 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Geneviève TREMBLAY was born 6 March 1776 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada . Geneviève died 25 June 1854 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . Geneviève was the child of Etienne-Dominique TREMBLAY and Therese GAGNE.

Gervais GAGNON died 31 January 1866 in Québec Province, 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!

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Geneviève TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 8 August 1797
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Geneviève TREMBLAY was the child of Etienne-Dominique TREMBLAY and Therese GAGNE

Children of Gervais GAGNON and Geneviève TREMBLAY

Louis GAGNON

Born: 25 June 1798, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Thomas GAGNON

Born: 25 October 1799, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 31 October 1874, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Married: Venerande-Anselme GIRARD 24 February 1824 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Agnes GAGNON

Born: 2 February 1807, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 11 April 1881, Bagotville, Quebec, Canada

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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 — 1778
8 May 1778
Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 Marriage / Partner
Gervais GAGNON and Geneviève TREMBLAY 8 August 1797, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 19 years old.

1798 Birth of Child
Louis GAGNON was born 25 June 1798, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Gervais was 20 years old.

1799 Birth of Child
Thomas GAGNON was born 25 October 1799, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Gervais was 21 years old.

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

1807 Birth of Child
Agnes GAGNON was born 2 February 1807, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Gervais was 28 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)

1824 Marriage of Child
Thomas GAGNON married 24 February 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada to Venerande-Anselme GIRARD

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 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.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève TREMBLAY died 25 June 1854, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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)

Death — 1866
31 January 1866
Québec Province, Canada
He died at the age of 87.

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