Anselme DEGAGNE

Born

4 June 1808 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

31 March 1888 , Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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Louis DEGAGNE (DESGAGNE)Charlotte BOUDREAU

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Born: 4 June 1808 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Louis DEGAGNE (DESGAGNE)

Mother: Charlotte BOUDREAU

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DESGAGNES , Angelique SAVARD

Maternal grandparents: François BOUDREAU , Marie-Sophie MARTEL

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Anselme married Madeleine TREMBLAY 28 October 1839 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine TREMBLAY was born 15 August 1817 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Madeleine died 29 June 1895 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre). Madeleine was the child of Etienne TREMBLAY and Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE.

Anselme DEGAGNE died 31 March 1888 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Anselme DEGAGNE married

Madeleine TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 28 October 1839
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Madeleine TREMBLAY was the child of Etienne TREMBLAY and Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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Marie DEGAGNE

Born: 20 November 1848, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 15 January 1902, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Married: Alphee TREMBLAY 21 February 1865 Place: Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1808
4 June 1808
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Anselme DEGAGNE and Madeleine TREMBLAY 28 October 1839, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 31 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie DEGAGNE was born 20 November 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Anselme was 40 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.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Marie DEGAGNE married 21 February 1865, Laterrière, Québec, Canada to Alphee TREMBLAY

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.