François GAGNON

Born

2 June 1793 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

23 December 1878 , Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

François married Marie-Anne TREMBLAY 4 November 1816 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie-Anne TREMBLAY was born 26 July 1798 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Marie-Anne died 24 April 1835 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . Marie-Anne was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Charlotte SAVARD .

François married Marthe PERRON 23 August 1836 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marthe PERRON was born 11 March 1812 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . Marthe died 2 November 1879 in Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada . Marthe was the child of Christophe PERRON and Antoinette-Christine DEMEULES (DESMEULES) .

Parents & Family of François GAGNON

Parents of François GAGNON

Father

Jean-Marc GAGNON

Mother

Marie-Augustine BOUCHARD

Grandparents of François GAGNON

Paternal grandparents

Etienne GAGNON Marie-Geneviève BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents

Jacques BOUCHARD Françoise ROUSSET

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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!

Spouses, Marriages & Children of François GAGNON

François GAGNON married

Marie-Anne TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 4 November 1816
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne TREMBLAY was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Charlotte SAVARD

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Children of François GAGNON and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY

Marie-Anne GAGNON

Born: abt. 1820, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 1 October 1888, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Flavien TREMBLAY 19 November 1839 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Eulalie GAGNON

Born: 2 August 1821, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 8 February 1908, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Rose GAGNON

Born: 17 September 1824, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 14 September 1856, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

Theodose GAGNON

Born: 18 August 1826, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Marie GAGNON

Born: 4 June 1828, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 28 January 1895, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Married: Napoleon TREMBLAY 4 November 1851 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Flavie GAGNON

Born: 28 May 1830, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 2 February 1869, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Louise GAGNON

Born: 27 September 1832, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Georges TREMBLAY 7 April 1861 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

Francoise GAGNON

Born: 14 March 1835, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alexis TREMBLAY 2 September 1856 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

François GAGNON married

Marthe PERRON
Marriage date: 23 August 1836
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Marthe PERRON was the child of Christophe PERRON and Antoinette-Christine DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

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

Children of François GAGNON and Marthe PERRON

Marie-Arthemise GAGNON

Born: 21 September 1838, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Theotime TREMBLAY 2 February 1875 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, 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 — 1793
2 June 1793
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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

1816 Marriage / Partner
François GAGNON and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY 4 November 1816, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 23 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

1821 Birth of Child
Eulalie GAGNON was born 2 August 1821, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François was 28 years old.

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

1824 Birth of Child
Rose GAGNON was born 17 September 1824, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François was 31 years old.

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

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Theodose GAGNON was born 18 August 1826, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François was 33 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Marie GAGNON was born 4 June 1828, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François was 35 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Birth of Child
Flavie GAGNON was born 28 May 1830, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François was 37 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Louise GAGNON was born 27 September 1832, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François was 39 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Francoise GAGNON was born 14 March 1835, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François was 41 years old.

1835 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne TREMBLAY died 24 April 1835, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

1836 Marriage / Partner
François GAGNON and Marthe PERRON 23 August 1836, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 43 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Marie-Arthemise GAGNON was born 21 September 1838, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François was 45 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne GAGNON married 19 November 1839, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada to Flavien TREMBLAY

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)

1851 Marriage of Child
Marie GAGNON married 4 November 1851, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East to Napoleon TREMBLAY

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Marriage of Child
Francoise GAGNON married 2 September 1856, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East to Alexis TREMBLAY

1856 Death of Child
Rose GAGNON died 14 September 1856, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François was 63 years old.

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

1861 Marriage of Child
Louise GAGNON married 7 April 1861, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East to Georges TREMBLAY

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Death of Child
Flavie GAGNON died 2 February 1869, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

François was 75 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Marriage of Child
Marie-Arthemise GAGNON married 2 February 1875, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada to Theotime TREMBLAY

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

Death — 1878
23 December 1878
Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 85.

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