flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  GAGNE

  (b. 10 September 1798 L'Islet, Lower Canada   d. 3 April 1858 Sainte-Flavie, Canada East )  

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Jean-Baptiste GAGNE was born 10 September 1798 in L'Islet, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste GAGNE was the child of Joseph GAGNE   and   Felicite THIBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph-Toussaint GAGNÉ (GASNIER) dit BELLEAVANCE and Louise BLAIS (maternal)  Jean-Francois THIBAULT and Genevieve BOSSE

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Jean-Baptiste  married  Angele LAVOIE 17 February 1835 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Angele LAVOIE  was born 29 March 1808 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse).  Angele died 26 March 1901 in St-Simon, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.  Angele was the child of Marcel LAVOIE and Cecile RIOUX.

Jean-Baptiste GAGNE died 3 April 1858 in Sainte-Flavie, Canada East.
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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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Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste GAGNE

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Jean-Baptiste GAGNE married flag female ancestor Angele LAVOIE-- Date: 17 February 1835 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Angele LAVOIE was the child of Marcel LAVOIE and Cecile RIOUX




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Children of Jean-Baptiste GAGNE and Angele LAVOIE:

flag female ancestor Justine GAGNE (b.17 January 1836, St-Simon, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada  d. 23 July 1911, Ste-Zoé, Grandes-Bergeronnes, Quebec, Canada)
m. Philemon (Polemon) TREMBLAY 23 November 1863

flag female ancestor Cleophee GAGNE (b.18 March 1846, St-Simon, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada  d. , )
m. Jerome TREMBLAY 20 January 1890

flag female ancestor Zoe GAGNE (b.11 November 1849, St-Simon, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada  d. , )
m. Zacharie TREMBLAY 1 March 1870



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birth1798 Birth
10 September 1798
L'Islet, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1835 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GAGNE and Angele LAVOIE 17 February 1835, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 36 years old.
1836 Birth of Child
Justine GAGNE was born 17 January 1836, St-Simon, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.
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)
1846 Birth of Child
Cleophee GAGNE was born 18 March 1846, St-Simon, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 47 years old.
1849 Birth of Child
Zoe GAGNE was born 11 November 1849, St-Simon, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 51 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
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.
death1858 Death
3 April 1858
Sainte-Flavie, Canada East

He died at the age of 59.
Added: 7/26/2024 2:33:49 PM - Updated: 9/23/2024 2:42:59 PM

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