Pierre GAGNON

Born

23 October 1805 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Died

3 December 1867 , St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

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Henri GAGNON Madeleine LEVESQUE

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Born: 23 October 1805 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Father: Henri GAGNON

Mother: Madeleine LEVESQUE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph GAGNON , Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU

Maternal grandparents: Dominique LEVESQUE , Marie-Anne DIONNE

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Pierre married Marie-Helene BOUCHARD 17 November 1829 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Helene BOUCHARD was born 8 January 1810 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Helene died 30 January 1901 in St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Helene was the child of Nicolas BOUCHARD and Angélique DUBE.

Pierre GAGNON died 3 December 1867 in St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, 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!

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Pierre GAGNON married

Marie-Helene BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 17 November 1829
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Marie-Helene BOUCHARD was the child of Nicolas BOUCHARD and Angélique DUBE

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Children of Pierre GAGNON and Marie-Helene BOUCHARD

Obeline-Evelyne GAGNON

Born: abt. 1840, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 11 June 1894, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Married: Lazare LEBEL 7 June 1862

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Birth — 1805
23 October 1805
Rivière-Ouelle, 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)

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

1829 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GAGNON and Marie-Helene BOUCHARD 17 November 1829, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 24 years old.

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

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)