Claire GAGNON

Born

20 July 1786 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

6 December 1860 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

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Jean-Marc GAGNON Marie-Augustine BOUCHARD

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Born: 20 July 1786 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Marc GAGNON

Mother: Marie-Augustine BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Etienne GAGNON , Marie-Geneviève BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Jacques BOUCHARD , Françoise ROUSSET

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Claire married Jean-François BERGERON 13 October 1812 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Jean-François BERGERON was born 2 November 1789 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Jean-François died 9 December 1847 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Jean-François was the child of André BERGERON and Elisabeth SAVARD.

Claire GAGNON died 6 December 1860 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East .
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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!

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Jean-François BERGERON
Marriage date: 13 October 1812
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Jean-François BERGERON was the child of André BERGERON and Elisabeth SAVARD

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Children of Jean-François BERGERON and Claire GAGNON

Adelaide BERGERON

Born: 29 July 1813, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 24 May 1893, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

Married: Hippolyte LAJOIE 19 October 1840 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Marie-Anastasie BERGERON

Born: 4 May 1815, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 5 August 1875, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Married: Francois-Pascal TREMBLAY 17 October 1840 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Francois-Xavier BERGERON

Born: 27 July 1819, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 4 August 1898, Saint-Siméon, Québec, Canada

Married: Felicite DUCHESNE 31 August 1841 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Toussaint BERGERON

Born: abt. 1821, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Genevieve DESBIENS 10 February 1846 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Henriette BERGERON

Born: 13 December 1823, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 9 August 1893, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

Married: François TREMBLAY 7 January 1851 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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Birth — 1786
20 July 1786
Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Claire GAGNON and Jean-François BERGERON 13 October 1812, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 26 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Adelaide BERGERON was born 29 July 1813, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Claire was 27 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Marie-Anastasie BERGERON was born 4 May 1815, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Claire 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.

1819 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier BERGERON was born 27 July 1819, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Claire was 33 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Birth of Child
Henriette BERGERON was born 13 December 1823, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Claire was 37 years old.

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 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anastasie BERGERON married 17 October 1840, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Francois-Pascal TREMBLAY

1840 Marriage of Child
Adelaide BERGERON married 19 October 1840, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Hippolyte LAJOIE

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Marriage of Child
Francois-Xavier BERGERON married 31 August 1841, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Felicite DUCHESNE

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
Toussaint BERGERON married 10 February 1846, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Genevieve DESBIENS

1847 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-François BERGERON died 9 December 1847, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Marriage of Child
Henriette BERGERON married 7 January 1851, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to François TREMBLAY

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

Death — 1860
6 December 1860
Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East
She died at the age of 74.

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