Rose GAGNON

Born

10 January 1790 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

5 January 1860 , La Malbaie, Canada East

Rose married Francois VILLENEUVE 6 August 1811 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois VILLENEUVE was born abt. 1787 in Québec Province, Canada. Francois died 15 July 1829 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Francois was the child of Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE and Marie-Louise SAVARD .

Parents & Family of Rose GAGNON

Parents of Rose GAGNON

Father

Jean-Marc GAGNON

Mother

Marie-Augustine BOUCHARD

Grandparents of Rose GAGNON

Paternal grandparents

Etienne GAGNON Marie-Geneviève BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents

Jacques BOUCHARD Françoise ROUSSET

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Gagnon Family Legacy - Ceramic Mug

Did you know that most people with the Gagnon name came from three sons of Pierre Gagnon (Gaignon) and Renee Roger of Tourouvre, France, who came to New France (Quebec) around 1637? Mathurin, Jean and Pierre Gagnon, along with their wives did much to populate North America with the proud Gagnon surname!

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Rose GAGNON

Rose GAGNON married

Francois VILLENEUVE
Marriage date: 6 August 1811
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Francois VILLENEUVE was the child of Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE and Marie-Louise SAVARD

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

Children of Francois VILLENEUVE and Rose GAGNON

Marie-Louise VILLENEUVE

Born: 7 September 1814, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 26 June 1858, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East

Married: Flavien BILODEAU 12 February 1833 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1790
10 January 1790
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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)

1811 Marriage / Partner
Rose GAGNON and Francois VILLENEUVE 6 August 1811, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 21 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise VILLENEUVE was born 7 September 1814, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Rose was 24 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)

1829 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francois VILLENEUVE died 15 July 1829, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise VILLENEUVE married 12 February 1833, La Malbaie, Lower Canada to Flavien BILODEAU

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.