Claire GAGNON

(b. 11 August 1799 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 30 June 1874 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Claire GAGNON was born 11 August 1799 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Claire GAGNON was the child of Etienne GAGNON and Helene TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois GAGNON and Catherine PARENT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Angélique SIMARD

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

Claire married Joseph BOUCHARD 27 August 1822 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Joseph BOUCHARD was born 5 October 1797 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Joseph died 24 February 1877 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Joseph was the child of René BOUCHARD and Felicite TREMBLAY.

Claire GAGNON died 30 June 1874 in Les Éboulements, 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!

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 Claire GAGNON

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Claire GAGNON married

Joseph BOUCHARD-- Date: 27 August 1822 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Joseph BOUCHARD was the child of René BOUCHARD and Felicite TREMBLAY

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Children of Joseph BOUCHARD and Claire GAGNON:

Etienne BOUCHARD (b.2 July 1826, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 15 August 1895, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Monique SAVARD 20 January 1851 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph BOUCHARD (b.abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 February 1921, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Eloise-Louise GAUDREAU 18 August 1856 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Leocadie BOUCHARD (b.10 January 1830, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 15 November 1865, Saint-Hilarion, Canada East )
m. Pierre TREMBLAY 9 September 1850 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1799 Birth
11 August 1799
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Claire GAGNON and Joseph BOUCHARD 27 August 1822, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 23 years old.

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Etienne BOUCHARD was born 2 July 1826, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Claire was 26 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Birth of Child
Leocadie BOUCHARD was born 10 January 1830, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Claire was 30 years old.

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)

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

1850 Marriage of Child
Leocadie BOUCHARD married 9 September 1850, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Pierre TREMBLAY

1851 Marriage of Child
Etienne BOUCHARD married 20 January 1851, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Monique SAVARD

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

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Marriage of Child
Joseph BOUCHARD married 18 August 1856, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Eloise-Louise GAUDREAU

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)

1865 Death of Child
Leocadie BOUCHARD died 15 November 1865, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

Claire was 66 years old.

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.