Bernard DESGAGNES

Born

26 March 1818 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

15 March 1895 , St-Donat, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

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Etienne DESGAGNES Modeste LECLERC

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Born: 26 March 1818 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne DESGAGNES

Mother: Modeste LECLERC

Paternal grandparents: Joseph DESGAGNES , Marie-Thecle TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Basile LECLERC , Josephte ST-PIERRE

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Bernard married Adeline GAGNON 7 February 1842 in Sainte-Luce, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adeline GAGNON was born abt. 1817 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Adeline was the child of Louis GAGNON and Marie TREMBLAY.

Bernard DESGAGNES died 15 March 1895 in St-Donat, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Bernard DESGAGNES married

Adeline GAGNON
Marriage date: 7 February 1842
Marriage place: Sainte-Luce, Canada East
Adeline GAGNON was the child of Louis GAGNON and Marie TREMBLAY

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Caroline DESGAGNES (DEGAGNE)

Born: 14 May 1855, Rimouski, Canada East
Died: 9 January 1919, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 1879 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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Birth — 1818
26 March 1818
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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)

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Bernard DESGAGNES and Adeline GAGNON 7 February 1842, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

He was 23 years old.

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.

1855 Birth of Child
Caroline DESGAGNES (DEGAGNE) was born 14 May 1855, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Bernard was 37 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.