Abraham GAGNON

Born

26 October 1774 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

23 July 1842 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East

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Joseph GAGNON Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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Born: 26 October 1774 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph GAGNON

Mother: Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU

Paternal grandparents: Joseph GAGNON , Marie-Thérèse MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT)

Maternal grandparents: Louis-Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU , Geneviève LEVESQUE

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Abraham married Euphrosine DUBE 19 July 1802 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Euphrosine DUBE was born 1 August 1787 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Euphrosine died 5 April 1873 in Ste-Angèle-de-Mérici, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. Euphrosine was the child of Jean-Pascal DUBE and Theotiste BOUCHER.

Abraham GAGNON died 23 July 1842 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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!

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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Spouse & Children of Abraham GAGNON

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Abraham GAGNON married

Euphrosine DUBE
Marriage date: 19 July 1802
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Euphrosine DUBE was the child of Jean-Pascal DUBE and Theotiste BOUCHER

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Children of Abraham GAGNON and Euphrosine DUBE

Marcelline GAGNON

Born: 1 August 1804, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Died: 2 July 1890, Saint-Pacôme, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

Married: Pascal LANGLAIS dit SERIEN 8 January 1822 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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Birth — 1774
26 October 1774
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

1802 Marriage / Partner
Abraham GAGNON and Euphrosine DUBE 19 July 1802, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 27 years old.

1804 Birth of Child
Marcelline GAGNON was born 1 August 1804, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Abraham was 29 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
Marcelline GAGNON married 8 January 1822, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Pascal LANGLAIS dit SERIEN

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 - 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