flag female ancestor  Elisabeth  GAGNON

  (b. 29 September 1825 La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 5 September 1899 Jonquière, Québec, Canada )  

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Elisabeth GAGNON was born 29 September 1825 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Elisabeth GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON   and   Luce GILBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Agapit GAGNON and Elisabeth MCNICOLL (maternal)  David GILBERT and Marie-Luce SIMARD

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Elisabeth  married  Damase GAGNE 4 August 1846 in La Malbaie, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Damase GAGNE  was born 27 December 1824 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic).  Damase was the child of Michel GAGNÉ and Denise GIRARD.

Elisabeth GAGNON died 5 September 1899 in Jonquière, 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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Elisabeth GAGNON married flag male ancestor Damase GAGNE-- Date: 4 August 1846 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East
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Damase GAGNE was the child of Michel GAGNÉ and Denise GIRARD




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Children of Damase GAGNE and Elisabeth GAGNON:

flag male ancestor Alfred GAGNE (b.14 July 1857, Chicoutimi, Canada East   d. 13 November 1929, St-Coeur-de-Marie, Delisle, Lac-St-Jean, Canada)
m. Marie OUELLET 26 April 1880



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birth1825 Birth
29 September 1825
La Malbaie, 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)
marriage1846 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth GAGNON and Damase GAGNE 4 August 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 20 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.
1857 Birth of Child
Alfred GAGNE was born 14 July 1857, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Elisabeth was 31 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.
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
death1899 Death
5 September 1899
Jonquière, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 73.
Added: 8/17/2022 2:27:34 PM - Updated: 8/17/2022 2:29:09 PM

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