Catherine-Flavie GAGNON

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31 August 1820 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

15 January 1914 , Matane, Québec, Canada

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Dominique GAGNON Angele COTE

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Born: 31 August 1820 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Dominique GAGNON

Mother: Angele COTE

Paternal grandparents: Dominique GAGNON , Genevieve LAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Andre COTE , Marie-Sophie SIMARD

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Catherine-Flavie married Israel TRUCHON 30 August 1842 in Matane, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Israel TRUCHON was born abt. 1817 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Israel died 1 April 1883 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane). Israel was the child of François TRUCHON and Marie-Dorothee BOUCHARD.

Catherine-Flavie GAGNON died 15 January 1914 in Matane, Québec, Canada .
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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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Catherine-Flavie GAGNON married

Israel TRUCHON
Marriage date: 30 August 1842
Marriage place: Matane, Canada East
Israel TRUCHON was the child of François TRUCHON and Marie-Dorothee BOUCHARD

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Valentine TRUCHON

Born: 7 March 1854, Matane, Canada East
Died: 16 April 1876, Matane, Québec, Canada

Married: Ferdinand TREMBLAY 4 February 1873 Place: Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

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Birth — 1820
31 August 1820
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Catherine-Flavie GAGNON and Israel TRUCHON 30 August 1842, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

She was 22 years old.

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.

1854 Birth of Child
Valentine TRUCHON was born 7 March 1854, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Catherine-Flavie was 33 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - 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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 Marriage of Child
Valentine TRUCHON married 4 February 1873, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane) to Ferdinand TREMBLAY

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Death of Child
Valentine TRUCHON died 16 April 1876, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Catherine-Flavie was 55 years old.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1883 Death of Spouse/Partner
Israel TRUCHON died 1 April 1883, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

Death — 1914
15 January 1914
Matane, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 93.

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