Thomas GAGNON

Born

25 October 1799 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

31 October 1874 , La Baie, Québec, Canada

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Gervais GAGNON Geneviève TREMBLAY

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Born: 25 October 1799 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Gervais GAGNON

Mother: Geneviève TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Antoine-Sylvestre GAGNON , Julie GUAY (CASTONGUAY)

Maternal grandparents: Etienne-Dominique TREMBLAY , Therese GAGNE

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Thomas married Venerande-Anselme GIRARD 24 February 1824 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Venerande-Anselme GIRARD was born 23 March 1807 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Venerande-Anselme was the child of Louis GIRARD and Felicite FORTIN.

Thomas GAGNON died 31 October 1874 in La Baie, Québec, Canada .
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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!

WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Spouse & Children of Thomas GAGNON

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Venerande-Anselme GIRARD
Marriage date: 24 February 1824
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Venerande-Anselme GIRARD was the child of Louis GIRARD and Felicite FORTIN

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Children of Thomas GAGNON and Venerande-Anselme GIRARD

Aime GAGNON

Born: 3 November 1825, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 13 May 1884, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Married: Leocadie TREMBLAY 15 February 1848 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Joseph GAGNON

Born: 20 January 1829, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
Died: 9 January 1877, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Married: Sara BOUCHARD 11 June 1849 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Anastasie GAGNON

Born: 5 January 1834, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
Died: 15 March 1862, La Baie, Canada East

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 4 November 1850 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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Birth — 1799
25 October 1799
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

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

1824 Marriage / Partner
Thomas GAGNON and Venerande-Anselme GIRARD 24 February 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 24 years old.

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

1825 Birth of Child
Aime GAGNON was born 3 November 1825, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Thomas was 26 years old.

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)

1829 Birth of Child
Joseph GAGNON was born 20 January 1829, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Thomas was 29 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Anastasie GAGNON was born 5 January 1834, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Thomas was 34 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

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)

1848 Marriage of Child
Aime GAGNON married 15 February 1848, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Leocadie TREMBLAY

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

1849 Marriage of Child
Joseph GAGNON married 11 June 1849, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Sara BOUCHARD

1850 Marriage of Child
Anastasie GAGNON married 4 November 1850, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Joseph 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

1862 Death of Child
Anastasie GAGNON died 15 March 1862, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Thomas was 62 years old.

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.