Francoise GAGNON

Born

4 September 1808 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

13 August 1878 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Francoise married Joseph RAYMOND 2 September 1834 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Joseph RAYMOND was born 24 February 1815 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Joseph died 8 October 1844 in Saint-Aimé, Canada East . Joseph was the child of Joseph RAYMOND and Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS .

Parents & Family of Francoise GAGNON

Parents of Francoise GAGNON

Father

Isaac GAGNON

Mother

Françoise PELOQUIN

Grandparents of Francoise GAGNON

Paternal grandparents

Joseph-Antoine GAGNON Geneviève BOUCHER

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite DELISLE

m. Raymond Joseph

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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!

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Francoise GAGNON

Francoise GAGNON married

Joseph RAYMOND
Marriage date: 2 September 1834
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Joseph RAYMOND was the child of Joseph RAYMOND and Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS

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Children of Joseph RAYMOND and Francoise GAGNON

Edesse RAYMOND

Born: abt. 1836, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 October 1837, Saint-Aimé, Lower Canada

Onesime RAYMOND

Born: 29 June 1840, Saint-Aimé, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Philomene RAYMOND

Born: 29 November 1844, Yamaska, Canada East
Died: 27 July 1875, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

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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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Birth — 1808
4 September 1808
Sorel, 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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Marriage / Partner
Francoise GAGNON and Joseph RAYMOND 2 September 1834, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 26 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

1837 Death of Child
Edesse RAYMOND died 10 October 1837, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Francoise was 29 years old.

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
Onesime RAYMOND was born 29 June 1840, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Francoise was 31 years old.

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)

1844 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph RAYMOND died 8 October 1844, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

1844 Birth of Child
Philomene RAYMOND was born 29 November 1844, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Francoise was 36 years old.

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.