Josephine GAGNON

(b. 11 April 1815 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 22 April 1893 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Josephine GAGNON was born 11 April 1815 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Josephine GAGNON was the child of Gregoire GAGNON and Helene ROCHEFORT dite LURET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis GAGNON and Elisabeth TREMBLAY (maternal) Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET and Helene SIMARD

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Josephine married Augustin GRAVEL 28 August 1832 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin GRAVEL was born 30 July 1809 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Augustin died 17 September 1899 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Augustin was the child of Charles GRAVEL and Geneviève SIMARD.

Josephine GAGNON died 22 April 1893 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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Josephine GAGNON married

Augustin GRAVEL-- Date: 28 August 1832 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Augustin GRAVEL was the child of Charles GRAVEL and Geneviève SIMARD

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Children of Augustin GRAVEL and Josephine GAGNON:

Marie-Rose-De-Lima GRAVEL (b.8 August 1833, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 3 November 1912, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Eusebe GAUTHIER 11 February 1850 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1815 Birth
11 April 1815
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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Josephine GAGNON and Augustin GRAVEL 28 August 1832, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 17 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose-De-Lima GRAVEL was born 8 August 1833, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Josephine was 18 years old.

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
Marie-Rose-De-Lima GRAVEL married 11 February 1850, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Eusebe GAUTHIER

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.