Marie-Geneviève GAGNON

Born

12 August 1774 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

22 February 1844 , Château-Richer, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste GAGNON Madeleine CAZAULT (CASAULT)

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Born: 12 August 1774 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste GAGNON

Mother: Madeleine CAZAULT (CASAULT)

Paternal grandparents: Jean GAGNON , Thérèse ROCHON

Maternal grandparents: Jean CAZAULT , Marie-Madeleine VOYER

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Marie-Geneviève married Jean-Baptiste MOREL 9 February 1802 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste MOREL was born 13 January 1777 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jean-Baptiste died 13 February 1818 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Louis MOREL and Louise GOSSELIN.

Marie-Geneviève GAGNON died 22 February 1844 in Château-Richer, Canada East .
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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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marie-Geneviève GAGNON married

Jean-Baptiste MOREL
Marriage date: 9 February 1802
Marriage place: Québec, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste MOREL was the child of Louis MOREL and Louise GOSSELIN

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Louis MOREL

Born: 23 October 1802, Québec, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie CLOUTIER 14 February 1825 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

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Birth — 1774
12 August 1774
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1802 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève GAGNON and Jean-Baptiste MOREL 9 February 1802, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 27 years old.

1802 Birth of Child
Louis MOREL was born 23 October 1802, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Geneviève was 28 years old.

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.

1818 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste MOREL died 13 February 1818, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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)

1825 Marriage of Child
Louis MOREL married 14 February 1825, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Marie CLOUTIER

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)

Death — 1844
22 February 1844
Château-Richer, Canada East
She died at the age of 69.

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