Madeleine GAGNON

(b. 7 October 1771 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 July 1829 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine GAGNON was born 7 October 1771 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Madeleine GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Thérèse MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) (maternal) Louis-Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Geneviève LEVESQUE

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Madeleine married Alexandre LEBEL 28 February 1791 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexandre LEBEL was born 8 January 1763 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Alexandre died 13 July 1850 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Alexandre was the child of Nicolas LEBEL and Marie-Madeleine SIROIS.

Madeleine GAGNON died 10 July 1829 in Kamouraska, Lower 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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Madeleine GAGNON married

Alexandre LEBEL-- Date: 28 February 1791 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Alexandre LEBEL was the child of Nicolas LEBEL and Marie-Madeleine SIROIS

Children of Alexandre LEBEL and Madeleine GAGNON:

François LEBEL (b.15 February 1809, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 3 September 1872, St-Arsène, Quebec, Canada)
m. Madeleine PLOURDE 11 September 1832 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1771 Birth
7 October 1771
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine GAGNON and Alexandre LEBEL 28 February 1791, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 19 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1809 Birth of Child
François LEBEL was born 15 February 1809, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Madeleine was 37 years old.

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