Zephirin
GAGNE
Born
16 August 1820
,
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died
9 March 1894
,
Drummondville, Québec, Canada
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Zephirin GAGNE was born 16 August 1820 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada
and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François GAGNE and Suzanne DESBIENS (maternal) Basile BARRETTE and Marguerite SIMARDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Zephirin married Phebee LAVOIE 21 April 1846 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Phebee LAVOIE was born 25 October 1826 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Phebee died 24 July 1914 in Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville). Phebee was the child of Etienne LAVOIE and Marie-Josephte BOUCHARD.
Zephirin GAGNE died 9 March 1894 in Drummondville, Québec, Canada .
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Zephirin GAGNE was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.
He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Zephirin GAGNE was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.
He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Family and Children of Zephirin GAGNE
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Phebee LAVOIE-- Date: 21 April 1846 Place: La Baie, Canada East
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Phebee LAVOIE was the child of Etienne LAVOIE and Marie-Josephte BOUCHARD
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Phebee LAVOIE-- Date: 21 April 1846 Place: La Baie, Canada East See marriage record for Zephirin GAGNE and Phebee LAVOIEPhebee LAVOIE was the child of Etienne LAVOIE and Marie-Josephte BOUCHARD
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Zephirin GAGNE and Phebee LAVOIE
Sophie GAGNE (b.23 November 1849, La Baie, Canada East d. 11 March 1923, Ste-Flore, Canada)m. Zephirin TREMBLAY 13 January 1874 in Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada (St-Jérôme de Metabetchouan)
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1820 Birth 16 August 1820
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1846 Marriage / PartnerZephirin GAGNE and Phebee LAVOIE 21 April 1846, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)
He was 25 years old.
1849 Birth of ChildSophie GAGNE was born 23 November 1849, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)
Zephirin was 29 years old.
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1874 Marriage of ChildSophie GAGNE married 13 January 1874, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada (St-Jérôme de Metabetchouan) to Zephirin TREMBLAY
1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 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. 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 Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1894 Death 9 March 1894
Drummondville, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 73.
Added: 6/10/2025 10:24:17 AM
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