Philomene GAGNON

(b. 29 November 1841 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East d. 14 April 1881 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada )

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Philomene GAGNON was born 29 November 1841 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

Philomene GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Madeleine DESBIENS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNON and Marie-Rosalie BOUCHARD (maternal) Vital DESBIENS and Madeleine HARVEY

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Philomene married Andre TREMBLAY 17 July 1866 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Andre TREMBLAY was born 29 November 1845 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Andre died 26 October 1884 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Andre was the child of Francois-Pascal TREMBLAY and Marie-Anastasie BERGERON.

Philomene GAGNON died 14 April 1881 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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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Philomene GAGNON married

Andre TREMBLAY-- Date: 17 July 1866 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

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Andre TREMBLAY was the child of Francois-Pascal TREMBLAY and Marie-Anastasie BERGERON

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Children of Andre TREMBLAY and Philomene GAGNON:

Marie TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1880, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1841 Birth
29 November 1841
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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
Philomene GAGNON and Andre TREMBLAY 17 July 1866, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 24 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.