flag female ancestor  Marie-Agathe  ROUSSEAU

  (b. 20 February 1813 Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada   d. 8 November 1894 Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada )  

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Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU was born 20 February 1813 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU was the child of Antoine ROUSSEAU   and   Marie-Thérèse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Antoine ROUSSEAU and Geneviève ROULEAU (maternal)  Joseph ST-PIERRE and Marie-Madeleine GAGNON

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Marie-Agathe  married  Joseph-Abraham GAGNON 1 February 1831 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Abraham GAGNON  was born 13 March 1801 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse).  Joseph-Abraham died 29 June 1864 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges).  Joseph-Abraham was the child of Barthelemy GAGNON and Marie-Catherine GARON.

Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU died 8 November 1894 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU married flag male ancestor Joseph-Abraham GAGNON-- Date: 1 February 1831 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
Joseph-Abraham GAGNON was the child of Barthelemy GAGNON and Marie-Catherine GARON




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

flag photo of Elzear GAGNON  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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birth1813 Birth
20 February 1813
Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1831 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU and Joseph-Abraham GAGNON 1 February 1831, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

She was 17 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1840 Birth of Child
Elzear GAGNON was born 10 June 1840, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Marie-Agathe was 27 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph-Abraham GAGNON died 29 June 1864, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1893 Death of Child
Elzear GAGNON died 17 January 1893, St Fabien, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

Marie-Agathe was 79 years old.
death1894 Death
8 November 1894
Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 81.

Marie-Agathe is buried at: Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Trois-Pistoles, Bas-Saint-Laurent Region, Quebec, Canada
Added: 1/22/2025 12:30:17 PM - Updated: 1/22/2025 1:00:56 PM

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