Joseph GAGNON

Born

30 January 1798 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

4 January 1847 , Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Marie-Joseph GAGNON Scholastique TREMBLAY

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Born: 30 January 1798 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Marie-Joseph GAGNON

Mother: Scholastique TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Francois GAGNON , Catherine PARENT

Maternal grandparents: Bruno TREMBLAY , Marie-Anne GAGNON

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Joseph married Luce TREMBLAY 18 November 1823 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Luce TREMBLAY was born 14 October 1802 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Luce died 16 August 1849 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . Luce was the child of Michel-Abraham TREMBLAY and Madeleine BOIVIN.

Joseph GAGNON died 4 January 1847 in Les Éboulements, Canada East .
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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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Joseph GAGNON married

Luce TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 18 November 1823
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Luce TREMBLAY was the child of Michel-Abraham TREMBLAY and Madeleine BOIVIN

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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 — 1798
30 January 1798
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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAGNON and Luce TREMBLAY 18 November 1823, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 25 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

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)