Xenophon-Alexis GAGNON

(b. abt. 1820 , Québec Province, Canada d. 3 March 1887 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

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Xenophon-Alexis GAGNON was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada

Xenophon-Alexis GAGNON was the child of Louis GAGNON and Rosalie ST-GELAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Marc GAGNON and Marie-Augustine BOUCHARD (maternal) Joseph-Marie BRADETTE dit ST-GELAIS and Genevieve BELLEY

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

Xenophon-Alexis married Elise BOILY 23 February 1846 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Elise BOILY was born 27 July 1822 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Elise was the child of Jacques BOILY and Marie SAVARD.

Xenophon-Alexis GAGNON died 3 March 1887 in La Malbaie, 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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Xenophon-Alexis GAGNON married

Elise BOILY-- Date: 23 February 1846 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Elise BOILY was the child of Jacques BOILY and Marie SAVARD

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Children of Xenophon-Alexis GAGNON and Elise BOILY:

Marie-Aurore GAGNON (b.22 January 1858, La Malbaie, Canada East d. 21 February 1894, Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Mégantic, Quebec, Canada )
m. Auguste TREMBLAY 26 January 1874 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Adele GAGNON (b.abt. 1861, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Johnny TREMBLAY 1 March 1881 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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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

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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Xenophon-Alexis GAGNON and Elise BOILY 23 February 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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 Birth of Child
Marie-Aurore GAGNON was born 22 January 1858, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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.

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 Canada

1874 Marriage of Child
Marie-Aurore GAGNON married 26 January 1874, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Auguste TREMBLAY

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 Marriage of Child
Adele GAGNON married 1 March 1881, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Johnny TREMBLAY

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)