Euphrosine GAGNON

(b. 14 February 1791 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 14 January 1870 , St-Alphonse-de-Bagotville, Quebec, Canada )

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Euphrosine GAGNON was born 14 February 1791 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Euphrosine GAGNON was the child of Joseph-Marie GAGNON and Geneviève GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles GAGNON and Claire-Francoise TREPANIER (maternal) Jean GAGNÉ and Marguerite-Apolline SIMARD

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

Euphrosine married Jean BOIVIN 21 November 1809 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean BOIVIN was born 18 January 1788 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Jean died 3 April 1881 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Jean was the child of François-Joseph BOIVIN and Charlotte-Emerence GAGNON.

Euphrosine GAGNON died 14 January 1870 in St-Alphonse-de-Bagotville, Quebec, 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.

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Euphrosine GAGNON married

Jean BOIVIN-- Date: 21 November 1809 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Jean BOIVIN was the child of François-Joseph BOIVIN and Charlotte-Emerence GAGNON

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Children of Jean BOIVIN and Euphrosine GAGNON:

Macaire BOIVIN (b.19 December 1816, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 24 April 1893, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )
m. Suzanne GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 14 October 1845 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Eleonore BOIVIN (b.17 October 1825, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Louis-David MCNICOLL 16 January 1849

Thomas BOIVIN (b.abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 April 1917, Bagotville, Quebec, Canada)
m. Georgina SIMARD 2 August 1853 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1791 Birth
14 February 1791
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

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

1809 Marriage / Partner
Euphrosine GAGNON and Jean BOIVIN 21 November 1809, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 18 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Macaire BOIVIN was born 19 December 1816, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Euphrosine was 25 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

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

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

1825 Birth of Child
Eleonore BOIVIN was born 17 October 1825, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Euphrosine was 34 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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Macaire BOIVIN married 14 October 1845, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Suzanne GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

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

1853 Marriage of Child
Thomas BOIVIN married 2 August 1853, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Georgina SIMARD

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.