Joseph
GAGNON
Born
20 January 1829
,
Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
Died
9 January 1877
,
La Baie, Québec, Canada
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Joseph GAGNON was born 20 January 1829 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gervais GAGNON and Geneviève TREMBLAY (maternal) Louis GIRARD and Felicite FORTINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Sara BOUCHARD 11 June 1849 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sara BOUCHARD was born 16 March 1829 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Sara died 26 October 1859 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Sara was the child of Damase BOUCHARD and Helene GIRARD.
Joseph GAGNON died 9 January 1877 in La Baie, Québec, Canada .
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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!
Occupation
Joseph GAGNON was a 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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Joseph GAGNON was a 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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Family and Children of Joseph GAGNON
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Sara BOUCHARD-- Date: 11 June 1849 Place: La Baie, Canada East
Sara BOUCHARD was the child of Damase BOUCHARD and Helene GIRARD
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Sara BOUCHARD-- Date: 11 June 1849 Place: La Baie, Canada East Sara BOUCHARD was the child of Damase BOUCHARD and Helene GIRARD
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Joseph GAGNON and Sara BOUCHARD
Alexandre GAGNON (b.abt. 1850, , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1936, , Canada)m. Lea TREMBLAY 3 November 1874 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)
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1829 Birth 20 January 1829
Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1849 Marriage / PartnerJoseph GAGNON and Sara BOUCHARD 11 June 1849, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)
He was 20 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 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1859 Death of Spouse/PartnerSara BOUCHARD died 26 October 1859, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)
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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1874 Marriage of ChildAlexandre GAGNON married 3 November 1874, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Lea TREMBLAY
1877 Death 9 January 1877
La Baie, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 48.
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