Louis GAGNE

(b. 6 March 1767 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 July 1841 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East )

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Louis GAGNE was born 6 March 1767 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

Louis GAGNE was the child of Joseph-Toussaint GAGNÉ (GASNIER) dit BELLEAVANCE and Louise BLAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNÉ and Geneviève FOURNIER (maternal) Louis BLAIS and Marie-Anne MERCIER

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

Louis married Louise GUYON (DION) 23 November 1790 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise GUYON (DION) was born 19 April 1759 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Louise died 13 February 1836 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Louise was the child of Joseph-Joachim GUYON and Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER.

Louis GAGNE died 12 July 1841 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East .
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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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Louis GAGNE married

Louise GUYON (DION)-- Date: 23 November 1790 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Louise GUYON (DION) was the child of Joseph-Joachim GUYON and Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER

Children of Louis GAGNE and Louise GUYON (DION):

Louise GAGNE (b.19 January 1798, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada d. 12 May 1832, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Charles OUELLET 27 July 1815 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1767 Birth
6 March 1767
Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage / Partner
Louis GAGNE and Louise GUYON (DION) 23 November 1790, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 23 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1798 Birth of Child
Louise GAGNE was born 19 January 1798, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis was 30 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1815 Marriage of Child
Louise GAGNE married 27 July 1815, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Charles OUELLET

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