Hyacinthe GAGNON

(b. 4 December 1802 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 21 February 1884 , Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Canada )

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Hyacinthe GAGNON was born 4 December 1802 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Hyacinthe GAGNON was the child of Barthelemy GAGNON and Marie-Catherine GARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAGNON and Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GARON and Françoise BOUCHER

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

Hyacinthe married Adelaide ANCTIL 14 February 1832 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelaide ANCTIL was born 14 May 1812 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Adelaide died 1 November 1885 in Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Canada. Adelaide was the child of Paul ANCTIL and Theotiste PELLETIER.

Hyacinthe GAGNON died 21 February 1884 in Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, 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.

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Family and Children of Hyacinthe GAGNON

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Hyacinthe GAGNON married

Adelaide ANCTIL-- Date: 14 February 1832 Place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Adelaide ANCTIL was the child of Paul ANCTIL and Theotiste PELLETIER

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Children of Hyacinthe GAGNON and Adelaide ANCTIL:

Francois Georges GAGNON (b.28 May 1848, Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada d. 1 February 1912, Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada)
m. Justine BERUBE 7 January 1868

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1802 Birth
4 December 1802
Rivière-Ouelle, 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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Hyacinthe GAGNON and Adelaide ANCTIL 14 February 1832, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 29 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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Birth of Child
Francois Georges GAGNON was born 28 May 1848, Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

Hyacinthe was 45 years old.

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.