Dominique GAGNON

(b. 25 July 1779 , Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 April 1870 , Matane, Québec, Canada )

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Dominique GAGNON was born 25 July 1779 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Dominique GAGNON was the child of Dominique GAGNON and Genevieve LAVOIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Dominique GAGNON and Marguerite GIRARD (maternal) Dominique LAVOIE and Madeleine-Rose SIMARD

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

Dominique married Angele COTE 5 November 1804 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angele COTE was born 14 April 1788 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Angele died 22 December 1856 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane). Angele was the child of Joseph-Andre COTE and Marie-Sophie SIMARD.

Dominique GAGNON died 4 April 1870 in Matane, 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.

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Family and Children of Dominique GAGNON

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Dominique GAGNON married

Angele COTE-- Date: 5 November 1804 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Angele COTE was the child of Joseph-Andre COTE and Marie-Sophie SIMARD

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Children of Dominique GAGNON and Angele COTE:

Catherine-Flavie GAGNON (b.31 August 1820, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 15 January 1914, Matane, Québec, Canada )
m. Israel TRUCHON 30 August 1842 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

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1779 Birth
25 July 1779
Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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

1804 Marriage / Partner
Dominique GAGNON and Angele COTE 5 November 1804, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 25 years old.

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

1820 Birth of Child
Catherine-Flavie GAGNON was born 31 August 1820, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Dominique was 41 years old.

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

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Catherine-Flavie GAGNON married 30 August 1842, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane) to Israel TRUCHON

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.

1856 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angele COTE died 22 December 1856, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

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.