Barthelemy GAGNON

(b. 22 August 1766 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 October 1831 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Barthelemy GAGNON was born 22 August 1766 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Barthelemy GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Thérèse MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) (maternal) Louis-Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Geneviève LEVESQUE

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Barthelemy married Marie-Catherine GARON 19 August 1793 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Catherine GARON was born 19 September 1771 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Catherine died 17 May 1828 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Catherine was the child of Jean-Baptiste GARON and Françoise BOUCHER.

Barthelemy GAGNON died 27 October 1831 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .
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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!

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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.

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Barthelemy GAGNON married

Marie-Catherine GARON-- Date: 19 August 1793 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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Marie-Catherine GARON was the child of Jean-Baptiste GARON and Françoise BOUCHER

Children of Barthelemy GAGNON and Marie-Catherine GARON:

Louis-Marie GAGNON (b.21 November 1795, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 27 May 1870, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada )
m. Emelie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 30 July 1822 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Joseph-Abraham GAGNON (b.13 March 1801, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 29 June 1864, Trois-Pistoles, Canada East )
m. Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU 1 February 1831 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Hyacinthe GAGNON (b.4 December 1802, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 21 February 1884, Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Canada)
m. Adelaide ANCTIL 14 February 1832 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1766 Birth
22 August 1766
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Baptism

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1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Marriage / Partner
Barthelemy GAGNON and Marie-Catherine GARON 19 August 1793, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 27 years old.

1795 Birth of Child
Louis-Marie GAGNON was born 21 November 1795, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Barthelemy was 29 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 Birth of Child
Joseph-Abraham GAGNON was born 13 March 1801, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Barthelemy was 34 years old.

1802 Birth of Child
Hyacinthe GAGNON was born 4 December 1802, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Barthelemy was 36 years old.

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

1822 Marriage of Child
Louis-Marie GAGNON married 30 July 1822, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Emelie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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)