Marie-Celeste GAGNON

Born

22 May 1831 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada

Died

24 February 1893 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Emilien GAGNON Josephine FORTIN

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Born: 22 May 1831 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada

Father: Emilien GAGNON

Mother: Josephine FORTIN

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GAGNON , Rose BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Joseph FORTIN , Josephte POITEVIN dite POTVIN

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Marie-Celeste married Edouard SIMARD 3 August 1852 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Edouard SIMARD was born 3 April 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Edouard died 20 April 1862 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Edouard was the child of Alexis SIMARD and Quirille SAULNIER.

Marie-Celeste GAGNON died 24 February 1893 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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Spouse & Children of Marie-Celeste GAGNON

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Marie-Celeste GAGNON married

Edouard SIMARD
Marriage date: 3 August 1852
Marriage place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East
Edouard SIMARD was the child of Alexis SIMARD and Quirille SAULNIER

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Children of Edouard SIMARD and Marie-Celeste GAGNON

Arthemise SIMARD

Born: 1 February 1857, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 3 November 1953, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Edouard TREMBLAY 28 January 1879 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Treffle SIMARD

Born: 24 September 1858, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Emma TREMBLAY 13 January 1885 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1831
22 May 1831
Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada

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.

1852 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Celeste GAGNON and Edouard SIMARD 3 August 1852, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

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.

1857 Birth of Child
Arthemise SIMARD was born 1 February 1857, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Celeste was 25 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Treffle SIMARD was born 24 September 1858, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Celeste was 27 years old.

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Edouard SIMARD died 20 April 1862, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Marriage of Child
Arthemise SIMARD married 28 January 1879, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Edouard TREMBLAY

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 Marriage of Child
Treffle SIMARD married 13 January 1885, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Emma TREMBLAY

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

Death — 1893
24 February 1893
Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 61.

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