Felix GAGNON

Born

26 June 1794 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

8 July 1882 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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Jean-François GAGNON Modeste TREMBLAY

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Born: 26 June 1794 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-François GAGNON

Mother: Modeste TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Dominique GAGNON , Ursule PILOTE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Honore TREMBLAY , Cecile BERNARD dite FONTAINE

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Felix married Marie-Celeste FOURNIER 23 October 1821 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Celeste FOURNIER was born 17 August 1797 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Celeste died 20 January 1846 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Celeste was the child of Alexandre FOURNIER and Marie-Reine JEAN.

Felix GAGNON died 8 July 1882 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada .
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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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Felix GAGNON married

Marie-Celeste FOURNIER
Marriage date: 23 October 1821
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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Marie-Celeste FOURNIER was the child of Alexandre FOURNIER and Marie-Reine JEAN

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Children of Felix GAGNON and Marie-Celeste FOURNIER

Marie GAGNON

Born: 29 April 1841, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East
Died: 29 August 1914, Sainte-Rose-du-Dégelé, Canada

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 9 January 1866 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

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Birth — 1794
26 June 1794
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Felix GAGNON and Marie-Celeste FOURNIER 23 October 1821, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

He was 27 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

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

1841 Birth of Child
Marie GAGNON was born 29 April 1841, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Felix was 46 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Celeste FOURNIER died 20 January 1846, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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)

1866 Marriage of Child
Marie GAGNON married 9 January 1866, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Joseph TREMBLAY

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.