Philomene GAGNON

Born

29 November 1841 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

Died

14 April 1881 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Philomene married Andre TREMBLAY 17 July 1866 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Andre TREMBLAY was born 29 November 1845 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East . Andre died 26 October 1884 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada . Andre was the child of Francois-Pascal TREMBLAY and Marie-Anastasie BERGERON .

Parents & Family of Philomene GAGNON

Parents of Philomene GAGNON

Father

Joseph GAGNON

Mother

Madeleine DESBIENS

Grandparents of Philomene GAGNON

Paternal grandparents

Pierre GAGNON Marie-Rosalie BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents

Vital DESBIENS Madeleine HARVEY

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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 Philomene GAGNON

Philomene GAGNON married

Andre TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 17 July 1866
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

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Andre TREMBLAY was the child of Francois-Pascal TREMBLAY and Marie-Anastasie BERGERON

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

Children of Andre TREMBLAY and Philomene GAGNON

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1880, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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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 — 1841
29 November 1841
Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

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 / Partner
Philomene GAGNON and Andre TREMBLAY 17 July 1866, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 24 years old.

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.