Marie GAGNON

(b. 29 April 1841 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. 29 August 1914 , Sainte-Rose-du-Dégelé, Canada )

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Marie GAGNON was born 29 April 1841 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East

Marie GAGNON was the child of Felix GAGNON and Marie-Celeste FOURNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François GAGNON and Modeste TREMBLAY (maternal) Alexandre FOURNIER and Marie-Reine JEAN

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

Marie married Joseph TREMBLAY 9 January 1866 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 2 August 1844 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Joseph died 12 July 1908 in Sainte-Rose-du-Dégelé, Canada. Joseph was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Felicite GAUTHIER.

Marie GAGNON died 29 August 1914 in Sainte-Rose-du-Dégelé, 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 Marie GAGNON

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Marie GAGNON married

Joseph TREMBLAY-- Date: 9 January 1866 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Joseph TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Felicite GAUTHIER

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Children of Joseph TREMBLAY and Marie GAGNON:

Marc TREMBLAY (b.5 October 1866, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East d. , )

Philomene TREMBLAY (b.30 March 1869, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada d. 24 June 1947, Cabano, Canada)

Zelia TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1875, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada d. , )

Anna TREMBLAY (b.11 April 1875, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada d. 3 August 1942, Montmorency, Canada)

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1841 Birth
29 April 1841
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East

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)

1866 Marriage / Partner
Marie GAGNON and Joseph TREMBLAY 9 January 1866, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

She was 24 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Marc TREMBLAY was born 5 October 1866, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Marie was 25 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Birth of Child
Philomene TREMBLAY was born 30 March 1869, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Marie was 27 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Birth of Child
Anna TREMBLAY was born 11 April 1875, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Marie was 33 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)