Louis GAGNON

(b. abt. 1789 , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 December 1878 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada )

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Louis GAGNON was born abt. 1789 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis GAGNON was the child of Augustin GAGNON and Judith GOSSELIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Cecile KAORATE dite PELLETIER (maternal) Ignace GOSSELIN and Claire THIBAULT

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

Louis married Marie-Josephe PERRON 18 November 1817 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe PERRON was born 14 March 1801 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie-Josephe died 5 February 1883 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph PERRON and Felicite-Sophie HARVEY.

Louis GAGNON died 1 December 1878 in Sainte-Agnès, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Louis GAGNON

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Louis GAGNON married

Marie-Josephe PERRON-- Date: 18 November 1817 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephe PERRON was the child of Joseph PERRON and Felicite-Sophie HARVEY

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Children of Louis GAGNON and Marie-Josephe PERRON:

Domithilde GAGNON (b.31 March 1831, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 3 October 1871, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 2 May 1848 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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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)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Louis GAGNON and Marie-Josephe PERRON 18 November 1817, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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 Birth of Child
Domithilde GAGNON was born 31 March 1831, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

1848 Marriage of Child
Domithilde GAGNON married 2 May 1848, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

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)

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.