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flag female ancestor  Marie-Flavie  GAGNE

Born
25 April 1816 Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada
Died
Marie-Flavie  married  George-Turias FORTIN 27 February 1843 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
George-Turias FORTIN  was born 18 May 1819 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada .  George-Turias was the child of Prisque FORTIN and Marguerite BOUCHARD .

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Marie-Flavie  married  George-Turias FORTIN 27 February 1843 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
George-Turias FORTIN  was born 18 May 1819 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada .  George-Turias was the child of Prisque FORTIN and Marguerite BOUCHARD.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Flavie GAGNE

Marie-Flavie GAGNE married flag male ancestor George-Turias FORTIN
Marriage date: 27 February 1843
Marriage place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East
George-Turias FORTIN was the child of Prisque FORTIN and Marguerite BOUCHARD



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Early 1600s–1760
Canada, New France
1760–1763
Canada
1763–1791
Province of Québec
1791–1867
Lower Canada
1867–present
Québec, Canada

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BirthBirth — 1816
25 April 1816
Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
marriage1843 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Flavie GAGNE and George-Turias FORTIN 27 February 1843, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 26 years old.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1854 Birth of Child
Celina FORTIN was born August 1854, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada

Marie-Flavie was 38 years old.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1871 Marriage of Child
Celina FORTIN married 20 February 1871, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada to Prudent-Philemon LEMIEUX
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Kings and Queens1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
1901 Death of Child
Celina FORTIN died 26 April 1901, Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA

Marie-Flavie was 85 years old.
DeathDeath — 1904
13 April 1904
Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 88.
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