Felix DESGAGNES

Born

20 June 1811 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

31 May 1862 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

Parents & Family of Felix DESGAGNES

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Born: 20 June 1811 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Parents of Felix DESGAGNES

Father

Joseph-Louis DESGAGNES

Mother

Marie-Charlotte DUFOUR

Grandparents of Felix DESGAGNES

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste DESGAGNES Angelique SAVARD

Maternal grandparents

Joseph DUFOUR Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Felix married Justine LAJOIE 2 August 1836 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Justine LAJOIE was born 23 March 1813 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . Justine died 7 March 1870 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada . Justine was the child of Louis LAJOIE and Modeste HARVEY.

Felix DESGAGNES died 31 May 1862 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Felix DESGAGNES

Felix DESGAGNES married

Justine LAJOIE
Marriage date: 2 August 1836
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Justine LAJOIE was the child of Louis LAJOIE and Modeste HARVEY

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

Children of Felix DESGAGNES and Justine LAJOIE

Marie-Virginie DESGAGNES

Born: 28 August 1846, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Georges TREMBLAY 13 September 1869 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, 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 — 1811
20 June 1811
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 Marriage / Partner
Felix DESGAGNES and Justine LAJOIE 2 August 1836, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 25 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie-Virginie DESGAGNES was born 28 August 1846, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Felix was 35 years old.

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