Marcelline GAGNON

(b. 1 August 1804 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 2 July 1890 , Saint-Pacôme, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada )

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Marcelline GAGNON was born 1 August 1804 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Marcelline GAGNON was the child of Abraham GAGNON and Euphrosine DUBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAGNON and Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU (maternal) Jean-Pascal DUBE and Theotiste BOUCHER

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

Marcelline married Pascal LANGLAIS dit SERIEN 8 January 1822 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pascal LANGLAIS dit SERIEN was born 17 January 1788 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Pascal died 1 June 1826 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Pascal was the child of Jean LANGLAIS dit SERIEN and Marie-Madeleine MARQUIS.

Marcelline GAGNON died 2 July 1890 in Saint-Pacôme, Kamouraska, Quebec, 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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Marcelline GAGNON married

Pascal LANGLAIS dit SERIEN-- Date: 8 January 1822 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Pascal LANGLAIS dit SERIEN was the child of Jean LANGLAIS dit SERIEN and Marie-Madeleine MARQUIS

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Children of Pascal LANGLAIS dit SERIEN and Marcelline GAGNON:

Justine LANGLAIS (b.8 April 1824, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 20 April 1874, Saint-Pacôme, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada)
m. Germain BERUBE 21 February 1843 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1804 Birth
1 August 1804
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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Marcelline GAGNON and Pascal LANGLAIS dit SERIEN 8 January 1822, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 17 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Justine LANGLAIS was born 8 April 1824, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marcelline was 19 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pascal LANGLAIS dit SERIEN died 1 June 1826, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Justine LANGLAIS married 21 February 1843, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Germain BERUBE

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)

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.