Françoise TURCOTTE

Born

15 June 1804 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Died

8 October 1894 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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Michel TURCOTTE Geneviève DROUIN

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Born: 15 June 1804 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Father: Michel TURCOTTE

Mother: Geneviève DROUIN

Paternal grandparents: Basile TURCOTTE , Marie-Elisabeth GUYON

Maternal grandparents: Jacques DROUIN , Marie-Gertrude BAUCHER

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Françoise married François GAGNON 28 January 1828 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François GAGNON was born 6 April 1795 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. François died 18 August 1880 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). François was the child of Louis GAGNON and Marie-Louise ASSELIN.

Françoise TURCOTTE died 8 October 1894 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada .
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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 married

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

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François GAGNON was the child of Louis GAGNON and Marie-Louise ASSELIN

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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 — 1804
15 June 1804
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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

She was 23 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

Françoise was 28 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.