Louis GAGNÉ

(b. 24 August 1796 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 11 February 1886 , Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

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Louis GAGNÉ was born 24 August 1796 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Louis GAGNÉ was the child of Louis GAGNÉ and Josephte-Marguerite GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GAGNÉ and Cecile-Victoire SAUTON (maternal) Etienne GAGNON and Madeleine-Marguerite LAVOIE

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

Louis married Henriette VANDAL 13 November 1821 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Henriette VANDAL was born 5 November 1801 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Henriette died 24 January 1856 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Henriette was the child of François VANDAL and Josephte FORTIN.

Louis GAGNÉ died 11 February 1886 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada .
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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 Louis GAGNÉ

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Louis GAGNÉ married

Henriette VANDAL-- Date: 13 November 1821 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Henriette VANDAL was the child of François VANDAL and Josephte FORTIN

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Children of Louis GAGNÉ and Henriette VANDAL:

Sophie GAGNÉ (b.16 June 1831, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Francois COTE 3 March 1851 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Praxede GAGNÉ (b.14 July 1844, Saint-Valentin, Canada East d. , )
m. Ephrem TREMBLAY 1 May 1865 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

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1796 Birth
24 August 1796
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Louis GAGNÉ and Henriette VANDAL 13 November 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

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
Sophie GAGNÉ was born 16 June 1831, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis was 34 years old.

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)

1844 Birth of Child
Praxede GAGNÉ was born 14 July 1844, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

Louis was 47 years old.

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)

1851 Marriage of Child
Sophie GAGNÉ married 3 March 1851, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Francois COTE

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Death of Spouse/Partner
Henriette VANDAL died 24 January 1856, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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)

1865 Marriage of Child
Praxede GAGNÉ married 1 May 1865, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre) to Ephrem TREMBLAY

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.