Joseph GAGNON

Born

19 May 1802 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

23 April 1868 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Joseph married Madeleine DESBIENS 20 November 1838 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine DESBIENS was born 26 October 1813 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . Madeleine died 21 March 1907 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada . Madeleine was the child of Vital DESBIENS and Madeleine HARVEY .

Parents & Family of Joseph GAGNON

Parents of Joseph GAGNON

Father

Pierre GAGNON

Mother

Marie-Rosalie BOUCHARD

Grandparents of Joseph GAGNON

Paternal grandparents

Joseph GAGNON Marguerite HERVÉ (HARVEY)

Maternal grandparents

Joseph-Louis BOUCHARD Madeleine TREMBLAY

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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!

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph GAGNON

Joseph GAGNON married

Madeleine DESBIENS
Marriage date: 20 November 1838
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

See marriage record for Joseph GAGNON and Madeleine DESBIENS
Madeleine DESBIENS was the child of Vital DESBIENS and Madeleine HARVEY

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

Children of Joseph GAGNON and Madeleine DESBIENS

Philomene GAGNON

Born: 29 November 1841, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East
Died: 14 April 1881, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Married: Andre TREMBLAY 17 July 1866 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

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 — 1802
19 May 1802
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAGNON and Madeleine DESBIENS 20 November 1838, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 36 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Philomene GAGNON was born 29 November 1841, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Joseph was 39 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.

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)

1866 Marriage of Child
Philomene GAGNON married 17 July 1866, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East to Andre 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.