Andre GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE

(b. 23 March 1795 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 8 January 1883 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada )

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Andre GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE was born 23 March 1795 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Andre GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE was the child of Alexis GAGNÉ and Madeleine PELLETIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis GAGNÉ and Marie-Catherine BOUCHER (maternal) François PELLETIER and Geneviève MORNEAU

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

Andre married Scholastique OUELLET 24 February 1824 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Scholastique OUELLET was born 3 December 1795 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Scholastique died 5 March 1877 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Scholastique was the child of Louis-Henry OUELLET and Marie-Louise PELLETIER.

Andre GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE died 8 January 1883 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Andre GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE married

Scholastique OUELLET-- Date: 24 February 1824 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Scholastique OUELLET was the child of Louis-Henry OUELLET and Marie-Louise PELLETIER

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Children of Andre GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE and Scholastique OUELLET:

Marie GAGNÉ (b.16 March 1826, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Hubert LANDRY 6 March 1848 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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1795 Birth
23 March 1795
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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

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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Andre GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE and Scholastique OUELLET 24 February 1824, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

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

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

1826 Birth of Child
Marie GAGNÉ was born 16 March 1826, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Andre was 31 years old.

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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage of Child
Marie GAGNÉ married 6 March 1848, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre) to Hubert LANDRY

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.