Angélique GAGNON

(b. 22 September 1827 , Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada d. 27 September 1903 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada )
Age: 76
Cause of Death: Vieillesse

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Angélique GAGNON was born 22 September 1827 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

Angélique GAGNON was the child of Antoine GAGNON and Madeleine LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Clement GAGNON and Reine PRUNEAU (maternal) Joseph-Benjamin LANGLOIS and Louise CHIASSON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Angélique married Louis-Théophile BLAIS 13 November 1849 in Saint-Vallier, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Théophile BLAIS was born 29 May 1830 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Louis-Théophile died 5 July 1909 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Louis-Théophile was the child of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Euphrosine BLANCHETTE.

Angélique GAGNON died 27 September 1903 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, 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!

Occupation

Angélique GAGNON was a House Keeping.

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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Angélique GAGNON married

Louis-Théophile BLAIS-- Date: 13 November 1849 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada East
Louis-Théophile BLAIS was the child of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Euphrosine BLANCHETTE

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Children of Louis-Théophile BLAIS and Angélique GAGNON:

Zéphirin BLAIS (b.24 September 1850, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East d. 14 April 1920, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada )
m. Anastasie MORIN 10 January 1871 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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1827 Birth
22 September 1827
Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

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

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)

1849 Marriage / Partner
Angélique GAGNON and Louis-Théophile BLAIS 13 November 1849, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

1850 Birth of Child
Zéphirin BLAIS was born 24 September 1850, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Angélique was 23 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 - 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.

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.

1871 Marriage of Child
Zéphirin BLAIS married 10 January 1871, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Anastasie MORIN

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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 Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada