Louis-Georges DESGAGNES

(b. 23 August 1806 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 11 February 1871 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Louis-Georges DESGAGNES was born 23 August 1806 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Louis-Georges DESGAGNES was the child of Etienne DESGAGNES and Modeste LECLERC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph DESGAGNES and Marie-Thecle TREMBLAY (maternal) Basile LECLERC and Josephte ST-PIERRE

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

Louis-Georges married Felicite BOUCHARD 20 November 1827 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite BOUCHARD was born 9 June 1802 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Felicite died 28 May 1880 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Felicite was the child of René BOUCHARD and Felicite TREMBLAY.

Louis-Georges DESGAGNES died 11 February 1871 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada .
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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.
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Family and Children of Louis-Georges DESGAGNES

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Louis-Georges DESGAGNES married

Felicite BOUCHARD-- Date: 20 November 1827 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Felicite BOUCHARD was the child of René BOUCHARD and Felicite TREMBLAY

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Children of Louis-Georges DESGAGNES and Felicite BOUCHARD:

Emilie DESGAGNES (b.27 August 1828, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 14 April 1894, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Robert-Norbert TREMBLAY 13 November 1848 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1806 Birth
23 August 1806
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Georges DESGAGNES and Felicite BOUCHARD 20 November 1827, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 21 years old.

1828 Birth of Child
Emilie DESGAGNES was born 27 August 1828, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis-Georges was 22 years old.

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)

1848 Marriage of Child
Emilie DESGAGNES married 13 November 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Robert-Norbert TREMBLAY

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

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

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.