Antoinette GAGNON

(b. 20 April 1804 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 3 May 1874 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada )

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Antoinette GAGNON was born 20 April 1804 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Antoinette GAGNON was the child of Pierre GAGNON and Marie-Rosalie BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAGNON and Marguerite HERVÉ (HARVEY) (maternal) Joseph-Louis BOUCHARD and Madeleine TREMBLAY

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

Antoinette married Isaie LAJOIE 16 May 1831 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Isaie LAJOIE was born 9 August 1804 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Isaie died 12 March 1867 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Isaie was the child of Louis LAJOIE and Modeste HARVEY.

Antoinette GAGNON died 3 May 1874 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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 Antoinette GAGNON

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Antoinette GAGNON married

Isaie LAJOIE-- Date: 16 May 1831 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Isaie LAJOIE was the child of Louis LAJOIE and Modeste HARVEY

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Children of Isaie LAJOIE and Antoinette GAGNON:

Francoise LAJOIE (b.30 November 1839, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 4 July 1926, St-Grégoire-de-Montmorency, Québec, Canada)
m. Hilaire TREMBLAY 3 August 1858 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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1804 Birth
20 April 1804
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Antoinette GAGNON and Isaie LAJOIE 16 May 1831, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 27 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)

1839 Birth of Child
Francoise LAJOIE was born 30 November 1839, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Antoinette was 35 years old.

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)

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Francoise LAJOIE married 3 August 1858, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Hilaire TREMBLAY

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.