Elzear GAGNÉ

Born

24 February 1832 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

6 August 1908 , Jonquière, Québec, Canada

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Eloi GAGNÉ Adelaide MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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Elzear GAGNÉ was born 24 February 1832 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Elzear GAGNÉ was the child of Eloi GAGNÉ and Adelaide MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace GAGNÉ and Victoire-Apolline LAFOREST (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Euphrosine ROULEAU

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Elzear married Marie BOUDREAU 4 February 1856 in Laterrière, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie BOUDREAU was born 9 December 1828 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie died 20 October 1860 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Joseph BOUDREAU and Marie-Anne-Felicite BELANGER.

Elzear GAGNÉ died 6 August 1908 in Jonquière, Québec, Canada.
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Elzear GAGNÉ married

Marie BOUDREAU-- Date: 4 February 1856 Place: Laterrière, Canada East
Marie BOUDREAU was the child of Joseph BOUDREAU and Marie-Anne-Felicite BELANGER

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Children of Elzear GAGNÉ and Marie BOUDREAU

Louise GAGNÉ (b.abt. 1858, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. 16 April 1885, Roberval, Québec, Canada )
m. Etienne TREMBLAY 29 July 1878 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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1832 Birth
24 February 1832
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)

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.

1856 Marriage / Partner
Elzear GAGNÉ and Marie BOUDREAU 4 February 1856, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie BOUDREAU died 20 October 1860, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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 Marriage of Child
Louise GAGNÉ married 29 July 1878, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Etienne TREMBLAY

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

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

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

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

1885 Death of Child
Louise GAGNÉ died 16 April 1885, Roberval, Québec, Canada (Lac-Saint-Jean)

Elzear was 53 years old.

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

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 Death
6 August 1908
Jonquière, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 76.

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