Emerance GAGNON

(b. 17 March 1788 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 March 1865 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East )

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Emerance GAGNON was born 17 March 1788 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Emerance GAGNON was the child of Jean-Marc GAGNON and Marie-Augustine BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne GAGNON and Marie-Geneviève BOUCHARD (maternal) Jacques BOUCHARD and Françoise ROUSSET

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

Emerance married Germain DUFOUR 16 February 1813 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Germain DUFOUR was born 20 August 1793 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Germain died 8 September 1881 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Germain was the child of Alexis DUFOUR and Madeleine-Sophie DESGAGNES.

Emerance GAGNON died 28 March 1865 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Emerance GAGNON

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Emerance GAGNON married

Germain DUFOUR-- Date: 16 February 1813 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Germain DUFOUR was the child of Alexis DUFOUR and Madeleine-Sophie DESGAGNES

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Children of Germain DUFOUR and Emerance GAGNON:

Louise DUFOUR (b.2 November 1821, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 14 June 1890, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )
m. Louis TREMBLAY 1 July 1845 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Flavie DUFOUR (b.2 October 1825, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 16 September 1893, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada )
m. Maxime HARVEY 28 January 1845 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Joseph-Octave DUFOUR (b.3 February 1828, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Louise BERGERON 17 February 1846 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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1788 Birth
17 March 1788
Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Emerance GAGNON and Germain DUFOUR 16 February 1813, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 24 years old.

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

1821 Birth of Child
Louise DUFOUR was born 2 November 1821, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Emerance was 33 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Flavie DUFOUR was born 2 October 1825, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Emerance was 37 years old.

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Joseph-Octave DUFOUR was born 3 February 1828, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Emerance was 39 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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Flavie DUFOUR married 28 January 1845, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Maxime HARVEY

1845 Marriage of Child
Louise DUFOUR married 1 July 1845, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Louis TREMBLAY

1846 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Octave DUFOUR married 17 February 1846, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Louise BERGERON

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)