Joseph GAGNON

(b. 5 October 1793 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada d. 26 January 1887 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Joseph GAGNON was born 5 October 1793 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

Joseph GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Geneviève BOIVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAGNON and Geneviève MORIN (maternal) Simon BOIVIN and Genevieve GAGNON

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

Joseph married Marie-Eulalie MARCEAU 13 February 1821 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Eulalie MARCEAU was born abt. 1798 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Eulalie died 24 June 1854 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Marie-Eulalie was the child of Joseph MARCEAU and Marie-Louise MERCIER.

Joseph GAGNON died 26 January 1887 in Québec Province, 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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Family and Children of Joseph GAGNON

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Joseph GAGNON married

Marie-Eulalie MARCEAU-- Date: 13 February 1821 Place: Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada
Marie-Eulalie MARCEAU was the child of Joseph MARCEAU and Marie-Louise MERCIER

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Children of Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Eulalie MARCEAU:

Dominique GAGNON (b.2 September 1825, Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada d. 29 December 1906, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada )
m. Saulange (Solange) PARE 30 July 1850 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Maximin GAGNON (b.abt. 1832, , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 January 1891, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada )
m. Rose-Delima FORTIER 5 October 1858 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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1793 Birth
5 October 1793
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Eulalie MARCEAU 13 February 1821, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Dominique GAGNON was born 2 September 1825, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 31 years old.

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

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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Dominique GAGNON married 30 July 1850, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Saulange (Solange) PARE

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Eulalie MARCEAU died 24 June 1854, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Maximin GAGNON married 5 October 1858, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Rose-Delima FORTIER

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.