Gedeon GAGNON

Born

28 August 1836 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

6 November 1919 , St-Cyriac, Quebec, Canada

Gedeon married Petronille TREMBLAY 3 July 1862 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Petronille TREMBLAY was born 9 August 1840 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Petronille died 16 June 1915 in St-Cyriac, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada. Petronille was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Marie TREMBLAY .

Parents & Family of Gedeon GAGNON

Parents of Gedeon GAGNON

Father

Francois GAGNON

Mother

Henriette TREMBLAY

Grandparents of Gedeon GAGNON

Paternal grandparents

Marie-Joseph GAGNON Scholastique TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents

Michel-Abraham TREMBLAY Madeleine BOIVIN

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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 Gedeon GAGNON

Gedeon GAGNON married

Petronille TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 3 July 1862
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Petronille TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Marie TREMBLAY

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Children of Gedeon GAGNON and Petronille TREMBLAY

Marie GAGNON

Born: 8 August 1864, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Achille GAGNON

Born: 11 January 1868, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Suzanne TREMBLAY 10 April 1899 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Annabelle GAGNON

Born: 9 November 1872, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Gedeon GAGNON

Born: abt. 1875, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie TREMBLAY 27 September 1897 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Ozelia GAGNON

Born: 26 January 1881, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1836
28 August 1836
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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.

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

1862 Marriage / Partner
Gedeon GAGNON and Petronille TREMBLAY 3 July 1862, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 25 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Marie GAGNON was born 8 August 1864, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Gedeon was 27 years old.

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.

1868 Birth of Child
Achille GAGNON was born 11 January 1868, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Gedeon was 31 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
Annabelle GAGNON was born 9 November 1872, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Gedeon was 36 years old.

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

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.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 Birth of Child
Ozelia GAGNON was born 26 January 1881, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Gedeon was 44 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 Marriage of Child
Gedeon GAGNON married 27 September 1897, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada to Marie TREMBLAY

1899 Marriage of Child
Achille GAGNON married 10 April 1899, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada to Suzanne TREMBLAY

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)