Louis-Joseph LEPAGE

Born

24 July 1786 , Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

14 April 1875 , Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Louis-Joseph LEPAGE

Explore parents, grandparents, spouses, children, and the family connections surrounding Louis-Joseph LEPAGE.

Parents

Joseph LEPAGE Therese FORTIN

Grandparents

Explore grandparents

Spouse & Children

View family relationships1 recorded relationship(s)

Family Tree

Open family tree View pedigree chart

Born: 24 July 1786 in Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph LEPAGE

Mother: Therese FORTIN

Paternal grandparents: Pierre LEPAGE , Veronique RIOUX

Maternal grandparents: Rene-Francois FORTIN , Charlotte NORMAND

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Louis-Joseph married Francoise GAGNE 20 November 1804 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise GAGNE was born 3 August 1782 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Francoise died 4 January 1834 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Francoise was the child of Louis GAGNÉ and Cecile-Victoire SAUTON.

Louis-Joseph LEPAGE died 14 April 1875 in Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Louis-Joseph appear below.

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

A Glimpse into the Everyday Life of a Québécois Man in the Mid-1800s

The Definitive Guide for Researching Your French-Canadian Ancestors in 2025

Spouse & Children of Louis-Joseph LEPAGE

Hide Family & Children

Louis-Joseph LEPAGE married

Francoise GAGNE
Marriage date: 20 November 1804
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada

See marriage record for Louis-Joseph LEPAGE and Francoise GAGNE
Francoise GAGNE was the child of Louis GAGNÉ and Cecile-Victoire SAUTON

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Louis-Joseph LEPAGE and Francoise GAGNE

Euphemie LEPAGE

Born: 28 March 1815, Rimouski, Lower Canada
Died: 18 April 1856, Rimouski, Canada East

Married: Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD 3 February 1835 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Add Life Event

Have another record or photo?
Add a life event, census record, military record, obituary, achievement, or photograph for Louis-Joseph LEPAGE.

Life & Records

Photos, life events, and historical records for Louis-Joseph LEPAGE.

Hide Life & Records

How to read this timeline
Records about Louis-Joseph LEPAGE and family appear alongside historical events from the same years. Each item is labeled so you can quickly tell family records from historical context.

Birth — 1786
24 July 1786
Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1804 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Joseph LEPAGE and Francoise GAGNE 20 November 1804, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 18 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Euphemie LEPAGE was born 28 March 1815, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Louis-Joseph was 28 years old.

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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francoise GAGNE died 4 January 1834, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

1835 Marriage of Child
Euphemie LEPAGE married 3 February 1835, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD

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 Death of Child
Euphemie LEPAGE died 18 April 1856, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Louis-Joseph was 69 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

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.