Joseph GAGNE

(b. 4 March 1762 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada d. 18 December 1821 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Joseph GAGNE was born 4 March 1762 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada

Joseph GAGNE was the child of Joseph-Toussaint GAGNÉ (GASNIER) dit BELLEAVANCE and Louise BLAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNÉ and Geneviève FOURNIER (maternal) Louis BLAIS and Marie-Anne MERCIER

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

Joseph married Felicite THIBAULT 21 July 1783 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite THIBAULT was born 21 January 1762 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Felicite died 3 February 1849 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Felicite was the child of Jean-Francois THIBAULT and Genevieve BOSSE.

Joseph GAGNE died 18 December 1821 in L'Islet, Lower Canada .
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Joseph GAGNE married

Felicite THIBAULT-- Date: 21 July 1783 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Felicite THIBAULT was the child of Jean-Francois THIBAULT and Genevieve BOSSE

Children of Joseph GAGNE and Felicite THIBAULT:

Jean-Baptiste GAGNE (b.10 September 1798, L'Islet, Lower Canada d. 3 April 1858, Sainte-Flavie, Canada East)
m. Angele LAVOIE 17 February 1835 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1762 Birth
4 March 1762
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAGNE and Felicite THIBAULT 21 July 1783, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 21 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1798 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GAGNE was born 10 September 1798, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Joseph was 36 years old.

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

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