Domithilde GAGNON

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31 March 1831 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

3 October 1871 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

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Louis GAGNON Marie-Josephe PERRON

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Born: 31 March 1831 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Louis GAGNON

Mother: Marie-Josephe PERRON

Paternal grandparents: Augustin GAGNON , Judith GOSSELIN

Maternal grandparents: Joseph PERRON , Felicite-Sophie HARVEY

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Domithilde married Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 2 May 1848 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 24 July 1826 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Jean died 31 March 1923 in Delisle, Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada. Jean was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Julienne FORTIN.

Domithilde GAGNON died 3 October 1871 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada .
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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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Domithilde GAGNON married

Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE
Marriage date: 2 May 1848
Marriage place: Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Julienne FORTIN

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Children of Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Domithilde GAGNON

Louise GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Born: 13 January 1857, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: 18 March 1959, Clermont, Canada

Married: Jean NERON 24 July 1877 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1831
31 March 1831
La Malbaie, 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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Domithilde GAGNON and Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 2 May 1848, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

She was 17 years old.

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.

1857 Birth of Child
Louise GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 13 January 1857, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Domithilde was 25 years old.

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.