Marie GAGNON

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23 July 1810 , Château-Richer, Lower Canada

Died

17 September 1891 , Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada

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Joseph GAGNON Marie-Marguerite RACINE

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Born: 23 July 1810 in Château-Richer, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph GAGNON

Mother: Marie-Marguerite RACINE

Paternal grandparents: Michel GAGNON , Judith BLOUIN dite LAVIOLETTE

Maternal grandparents: Michel RACINE , Marie RACINE

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Marie married Thomas SIMARD 16 February 1830 in Château-Richer, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Thomas SIMARD was born 26 August 1807 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Thomas died 13 June 1881 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Thomas was the child of Ambroise SIMARD and Angele COTE.

Marie GAGNON died 17 September 1891 in Saint-Fulgence, 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!

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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marie GAGNON married

Thomas SIMARD
Marriage date: 16 February 1830
Marriage place: Château-Richer, Lower Canada
Thomas SIMARD was the child of Ambroise SIMARD and Angele COTE

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Children of Thomas SIMARD and Marie GAGNON

Neree SIMARD

Born: 21 January 1832, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Mathilde TREMBLAY 13 February 1855 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Adeline SIMARD

Born: 29 August 1835, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 10 October 1870, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean TREMBLAY 1 June 1869 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Francois-Epimage SIMARD

Born: 23 September 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 21 March 1915, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Seraphine GUAY 1864 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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Birth — 1810
23 July 1810
Château-Richer, Lower Canada

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Marie GAGNON and Thomas SIMARD 16 February 1830, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

She was 19 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Neree SIMARD was born 21 January 1832, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Marie was 21 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Adeline SIMARD was born 29 August 1835, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie was 25 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
Francois-Epimage SIMARD was born 23 September 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie was 28 years old.

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Neree SIMARD married 13 February 1855, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Mathilde TREMBLAY

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)

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.