flag female ancestor  Marie-Celeste  GAGNON

  (b. 22 May 1831 Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada   d. 24 February 1893 Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )  

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Marie-Celeste GAGNON was born 22 May 1831 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada

Marie-Celeste GAGNON was the child of Emilien GAGNON   and   Josephine FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Rose BOUCHARD (maternal)  Joseph FORTIN and Josephte POITEVIN dite POTVIN

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Marie-Celeste  married  Edouard SIMARD 3 August 1852 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Edouard SIMARD  was born 3 April 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Edouard died 20 April 1862 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Edouard was the child of Alexis SIMARD and Quirille SAULNIER.

Marie-Celeste GAGNON died 24 February 1893 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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!
Did You Know? 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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birth1831 Birth
22 May 1831
Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
marriage1852 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Celeste GAGNON and Edouard SIMARD 3 August 1852, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1857 Birth of Child
Arthemise SIMARD was born 1 February 1857, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Celeste was 25 years old.
1858 Birth of Child
Treffle SIMARD was born 24 September 1858, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Celeste was 27 years old.
1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Edouard SIMARD died 20 April 1862, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1879 Marriage of Child
Arthemise SIMARD married 28 January 1879, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Edouard TREMBLAY
marriage1885 Marriage of Child
Treffle SIMARD married 13 January 1885, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Emma TREMBLAY
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1893 Death
24 February 1893
Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 61.
Added: 7/13/2024 4:24:53 PM - Updated: 9/16/2024 11:51:21 AM

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