Marie Ursule "Mary" GAGNON

Born

14 February 1812 , La Présentation, Lower Canada

Died

10 May 1891 , Millbury, Massachusetts, USA

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Alexis GAGNON Marguerite VEGIARD dite LABONTÉ

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Born: 14 February 1812 in La Présentation, Lower Canada

Father: Alexis GAGNON

Mother: Marguerite VEGIARD dite LABONTÉ

Paternal grandparents: Alexis GAGNON , Charlotte GRIGNON

Maternal grandparents: Étienne VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ , Marie-Charlotte BOUTEILLER (BOUTHILLIER)

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Marie Ursule "Mary" married Ambroise Thomas JACQUES dit STANISLAS 18 October 1831 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ambroise Thomas JACQUES dit STANISLAS was born 15 April 1810 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Ambroise Thomas died 19 January 1889 in Millbury, Massachusetts, USA. Ambroise Thomas was the child of Joseph JACQUES dit STANISLAS and Josephte MEUNIER dite LAFLEUR.

Marie Ursule "Mary" GAGNON died 10 May 1891 in Millbury, Massachusetts, USA.
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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.

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Marie Ursule "Mary" GAGNON married

Ambroise Thomas JACQUES dit STANISLAS
Marriage date: 18 October 1831
Marriage place: Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Ambroise Thomas JACQUES dit STANISLAS was the child of Joseph JACQUES dit STANISLAS and Josephte MEUNIER dite LAFLEUR

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Children of Ambroise Thomas JACQUES dit STANISLAS and Marie Ursule "Mary" GAGNON

Ellen Delia YORK

Born: abt. 1846, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: ,

Married: Charles THIBEAULT 3 June 1866 Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1812
14 February 1812
La Présentation, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

1831 Marriage / Partner
Marie Ursule "Mary" GAGNON and Ambroise Thomas JACQUES dit STANISLAS 18 October 1831, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage of Child
Ellen Delia YORK married 3 June 1866, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA to Charles THIBEAULT

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

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

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

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

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