flag female ancestor  Adelaide  GAGNON

  (b. 29 August 1832 Sorel, Lower Canada   d. 4 June 1901 Yamaska, Québec, Canada )  

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Adelaide GAGNON was born 29 August 1832 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Adelaide GAGNON was the child of ?   and   ?

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Adelaide  married  André PLASSE 6 November 1855 in Sorel, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
André PLASSE  was born 9 August 1826 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  André died 5 October 1875 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska).  André was the child of Andre-Henry PLASSE and Catherine LAVALLEE.

Adelaide GAGNON died 4 June 1901 in Yamaska, 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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Family and Children of Adelaide GAGNON

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Adelaide GAGNON married flag male ancestor André PLASSE-- Date: 6 November 1855 Place: Sorel, Canada East
André PLASSE was the child of Andre-Henry PLASSE and Catherine LAVALLEE




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Children of André PLASSE and Adelaide GAGNON:

flag male ancestor Zephirin PLASSE (b.4 August 1857, Yamaska, Canada East   d. abt. 1933, Webster, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Mary PLANTE 29 January 1885 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada



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birth1832 Birth
29 August 1832
Sorel, Lower Canada
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)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
marriage1855 Marriage / Partner
Adelaide GAGNON and André PLASSE 6 November 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 23 years old.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1857 Birth of Child
Zephirin PLASSE was born 4 August 1857, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Adelaide was 24 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
1875 Death of Spouse/Partner
André PLASSE died 5 October 1875, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1885 Marriage of Child
Zephirin PLASSE married 29 January 1885, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada to Mary PLANTE
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.
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
death1901 Death
4 June 1901
Yamaska, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 68.
Added: 11/18/2021 4:57:39 PM - Updated: 11/18/2021 4:58:53 PM

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