Domithilde GAGNON

Born

24 November 1826 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

26 May 1904 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Domithilde married Jovite BERGERON 27 January 1846 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jovite BERGERON was born 24 January 1821 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Jovite died 29 February 1892 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada . Jovite was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERGERON and Marie-Claire BOIVIN .

Parents & Family of Domithilde GAGNON

Parents of Domithilde GAGNON

Father

Gregoire GAGNON

Mother

Helene ROCHEFORT dite LURET

Grandparents of Domithilde GAGNON

Paternal grandparents

Alexis GAGNON Elisabeth TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents

Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET Helene SIMARD

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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 Domithilde GAGNON

Domithilde GAGNON married

Jovite BERGERON
Marriage date: 27 January 1846
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Jovite BERGERON was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERGERON and Marie-Claire BOIVIN

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

Children of Jovite BERGERON and Domithilde GAGNON

Marie-Josephine BERGERON

Born: 3 December 1848, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Prosper TREMBLAY 2 February 1869 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Virginie BERGERON

Born: 5 October 1850, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 22 October 1913, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Thomas TREMBLAY 9 January 1877 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1826
24 November 1826
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Domithilde GAGNON and Jovite BERGERON 27 January 1846, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 19 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephine BERGERON was born 3 December 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Domithilde was 22 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Virginie BERGERON was born 5 October 1850, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Domithilde was 23 years old.

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)

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.