Angelique LESSARD

Born

28 July 1807 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada

Died

10 December 1886 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Francois LESSARD Marie-Josephe PARE

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Born: 28 July 1807 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada

Father: Francois LESSARD

Mother: Marie-Josephe PARE

Paternal grandparents: Bonaventure LESSARD , Elisabeth PARE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph PARE , Marie-Josephte BOLDUC

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Angelique married Louis-Antoine GAGNON 7 January 1827 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Antoine GAGNON was born 14 January 1802 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Louis-Antoine was the child of Pierre GAGNON and Ursule GUÉRIN dite ST-HILAIRE.

Angelique LESSARD died 10 December 1886 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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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.

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Angelique LESSARD married

Louis-Antoine GAGNON
Marriage date: 7 January 1827
Marriage place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada
Louis-Antoine GAGNON was the child of Pierre GAGNON and Ursule GUÉRIN dite ST-HILAIRE

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Children of Louis-Antoine GAGNON and Angelique LESSARD

Marie-Sara GAGNON

Born: 21 November 1836, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jules TREMBLAY 9 May 1865 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1807
28 July 1807
Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, 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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Angelique LESSARD and Louis-Antoine GAGNON 7 January 1827, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

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

1836 Birth of Child
Marie-Sara GAGNON was born 21 November 1836, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Angelique was 29 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Marie-Sara GAGNON married 9 May 1865, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Jules TREMBLAY

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.