flag male ancestor  Dominique  GAGNON

  (b. 2 September 1825 Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada   d. 29 December 1906 Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada )  

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Dominique GAGNON was born 2 September 1825 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

Dominique GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON   and   Marie-Eulalie MARCEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph GAGNON and Geneviève BOIVIN (maternal)  Joseph MARCEAU and Marie-Louise MERCIER

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Dominique  married  Saulange (Solange) PARE 30 July 1850 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Saulange (Solange) PARE  was born 2 January 1829 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud).  Saulange (Solange) died 11 October 1900 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud).  Saulange (Solange) was the child of Simon PARE and Solange GENDRON.

Dominique GAGNON died 29 December 1906 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!
Did You Know? 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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birth1825 Birth
2 September 1825
Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada
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
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1850 Marriage / Partner
Dominique GAGNON and Saulange (Solange) PARE 30 July 1850, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 24 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1858 Birth of Child
Cléophas GAGNON was born 29 August 1858, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Dominique was 33 years old.
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
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.
marriage1890 Marriage of Child
Cléophas GAGNON married 28 January 1890, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Aglaé BLAIS
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
1900 Death of Spouse/Partner
Saulange (Solange) PARE died 11 October 1900, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)
Kings and Queens1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
death1906 Death
29 December 1906
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 81.
Added: 1/22/2020 10:42:55 AM - Updated: 1/22/2020 10:48:21 AM

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