Thomas
GAGNON
(b.
5 March 1828
,
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
d.
11 November 1901
,
La Malbaie, Québec, Canada
)
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Thomas GAGNON was born 5 March 1828 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Thomas GAGNON was the child of Jacob GAGNON and Modeste FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Agapit GAGNON and Elisabeth MCNICOLL (maternal) Damase FORTIN and Genevieve SIMARDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Thomas married Leocadie COTE 5 October 1858 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Leocadie COTE was born 2 September 1828 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Leocadie died 24 March 1901 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Leocadie was the child of Leon COTE and Judith BELLEY.
Thomas GAGNON died 11 November 1901 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Thomas appear below.
Gagnon Family Legacy - Ceramic Mug
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!
Occupation
Thomas GAGNON was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.
He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Thomas GAGNON was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.
He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Family and Children of Thomas GAGNON
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Leocadie COTE-- Date: 5 October 1858 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
See marriage record for Thomas GAGNON and Leocadie COTE
Leocadie COTE was the child of Leon COTE and Judith BELLEY
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Thomas GAGNON and Leocadie COTE:
Adele GAGNON (b.1 April 1860, La Malbaie, Canada East d. , )
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 4 March 1878 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)
Leocadie COTE-- Date: 5 October 1858 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Canada East See marriage record for Thomas GAGNON and Leocadie COTELeocadie COTE was the child of Leon COTE and Judith BELLEY
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Thomas GAGNON and Leocadie COTE:
Adele GAGNON (b.1 April 1860, La Malbaie, Canada East d. , )m. Joseph TREMBLAY 4 March 1878 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)
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1828 Birth 5 March 1828
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1858 Marriage / PartnerThomas GAGNON and Leocadie COTE 5 October 1858, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)
He was 30 years old.
1860 Birth of ChildAdele GAGNON was born 1 April 1860, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)
Thomas was 32 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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 Marriage of ChildAdele GAGNON married 4 March 1878, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Joseph TREMBLAY
1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1901 Death 11 November 1901
La Malbaie, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 73.
Added: 1/29/2025 1:07:25 PM
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