Louis GAGNON

(b. 25 July 1812 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 23 February 1887 , La Baie, Québec, Canada )

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Louis GAGNON was born 25 July 1812 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Louis GAGNON was the child of Louis GAGNON and Rosalie ST-GELAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Marc GAGNON and Marie-Augustine BOUCHARD (maternal) Joseph-Marie BRADETTE dit ST-GELAIS and Genevieve BELLEY

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

Louis married Claire GAUTHIER 21 November 1838 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Claire GAUTHIER was born 11 August 1815 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Claire died 1 March 1911 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Claire was the child of Benoni GAUTHIER and Marie TREMBLAY.

Louis GAGNON died 23 February 1887 in La Baie, 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

Claire GAUTHIER-- Date: 21 November 1838 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Claire GAUTHIER was the child of Benoni GAUTHIER and Marie TREMBLAY

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Children of Louis GAGNON and Claire GAUTHIER:

Louise GAGNON (b.abt. 1844, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Donat TREMBLAY 10 January 1865

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1812 Birth
25 July 1812
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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

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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Louis GAGNON and Claire GAUTHIER 21 November 1838, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 26 years old.

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)

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.