François GAGNON

Born

6 April 1795 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Died

18 August 1880 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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Louis GAGNON Marie-Louise ASSELIN

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Born: 6 April 1795 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Father: Louis GAGNON

Mother: Marie-Louise ASSELIN

Paternal grandparents: Louis GAGNON , Thecle LEPAGE

Maternal grandparents: André ASSELIN , Marie-Louise DROUIN

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François married Françoise TURCOTTE 28 January 1828 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise TURCOTTE was born 15 June 1804 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Françoise died 8 October 1894 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Françoise was the child of Michel TURCOTTE and Geneviève DROUIN.

François GAGNON died 18 August 1880 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, 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!

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Recorded occupation: Agriculteur

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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Françoise TURCOTTE
Marriage date: 28 January 1828
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Françoise TURCOTTE was the child of Michel TURCOTTE and Geneviève DROUIN

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Children of François GAGNON and Françoise TURCOTTE

Cecile GAGNON

Born: 19 July 1832, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
Died: 22 May 1893, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Married: Sauveur (Samuel) TREMBLAY 4 November 1875 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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Birth — 1795
6 April 1795
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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

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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
François GAGNON and Françoise TURCOTTE 28 January 1828, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 32 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Cecile GAGNON was born 19 July 1832, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

François was 37 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

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)

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.