Laurent GAGNE

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9 August 1795 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

5 May 1871 , L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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Joseph GAGNÉ Geneviève PEDNEAU

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Born: 9 August 1795 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph GAGNÉ

Mother: Geneviève PEDNEAU

Paternal grandparents: Jean GAGNÉ , Marguerite-Apolline SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Michel PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) , Marie-Anne TREMBLAY

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Laurent married Madeleine BOIVIN 5 March 1821 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine BOIVIN was born 18 November 1799 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Madeleine died 20 February 1865 in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Louis BOIVIN and Marie-Felicite TREMBLAY.

Laurent GAGNE died 5 May 1871 in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada.
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Spouse & Children of Laurent GAGNE

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Laurent GAGNE married

Madeleine BOIVIN
Marriage date: 5 March 1821
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Madeleine BOIVIN was the child of Louis BOIVIN and Marie-Felicite TREMBLAY

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Children of Laurent GAGNE and Madeleine BOIVIN

Florent GAGNE

Born: abt. 1827, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Anastasie MIVILLE 9 January 1854 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Married: Marie DALLAIRE 4 August 1856 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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Birth — 1795
9 August 1795
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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Laurent GAGNE and Madeleine BOIVIN 5 March 1821, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Florent GAGNE married 9 January 1854, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Anastasie MIVILLE

1856 Marriage of Child
Florent GAGNE married 4 August 1856, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie DALLAIRE

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)

1865 Death of Spouse/Partner
Madeleine BOIVIN died 20 February 1865, L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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.