Joseph-Abraham GAGNON

(b. 13 March 1801 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 29 June 1864 , Trois-Pistoles, Canada East )

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Joseph-Abraham GAGNON was born 13 March 1801 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Joseph-Abraham GAGNON was the child of Barthelemy GAGNON and Marie-Catherine GARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAGNON and Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GARON and Françoise BOUCHER

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

Joseph-Abraham married Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU 1 February 1831 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU was born 20 February 1813 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Marie-Agathe died 8 November 1894 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Marie-Agathe was the child of Antoine ROUSSEAU and Marie-Thérèse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT.

Joseph-Abraham GAGNON died 29 June 1864 in Trois-Pistoles, Canada East .
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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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Joseph-Abraham GAGNON married

Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU-- Date: 1 February 1831 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU was the child of Antoine ROUSSEAU and Marie-Thérèse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

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Children of Joseph-Abraham GAGNON and Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU:

Elzear GAGNON (b.10 June 1840, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada d. 17 January 1893, St Fabien, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marcelline LEBEL 28 February 1865

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1801 Birth
13 March 1801
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Abraham GAGNON and Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU 1 February 1831, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

He was 29 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

1840 Birth of Child
Elzear GAGNON was born 10 June 1840, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Joseph-Abraham was 39 years old.

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 - 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)