Vital GAGNÉ

(b. 29 November 1814 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 12 June 1874 , Métabetchouan, Quebec, Canada )

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Vital GAGNÉ was born 29 November 1814 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Vital GAGNÉ was the child of Vital GAGNE and Rosalie TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Marie GAGNE and Therese CARON (maternal) Louis-Andre TREMBLAY and Judith DUFOUR

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

Vital married Eulalie GAGNON 16 February 1841 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Eulalie GAGNON was born 4 September 1821 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Eulalie died 19 October 1890 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Eulalie was the child of Etienne GAGNON and Helene TREMBLAY.

Vital GAGNÉ died 12 June 1874 in Métabetchouan, Quebec, 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.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
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Family and Children of Vital GAGNÉ

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Vital GAGNÉ married

Eulalie GAGNON-- Date: 16 February 1841 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Eulalie GAGNON was the child of Etienne GAGNON and Helene TREMBLAY

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Children of Vital GAGNÉ and Eulalie GAGNON:

Cornelie GAGNE (b.4 January 1846, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. , )
m. Medard TREMBLAY 10 January 1865 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1814 Birth
29 November 1814
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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Vital GAGNÉ and Eulalie GAGNON 16 February 1841, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 26 years old.

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Cornelie GAGNE was born 4 January 1846, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Vital was 31 years old.

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)

1865 Marriage of Child
Cornelie GAGNE married 10 January 1865, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Medard TREMBLAY

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.