Louis-Marie GAGNON

(b. 21 November 1795 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 27 May 1870 , Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada )

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Louis-Marie GAGNON was born 21 November 1795 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Louis-Marie GAGNON was the child of Barthelemy GAGNON and Marie-Catherine GARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAGNON and Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GARON and Françoise BOUCHER

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

Louis-Marie married Emelie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 30 July 1822 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emelie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 27 July 1805 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Emelie died 12 May 1891 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Emelie was the child of Charles-Augustin MIVILLE and Marie-Angelique LANCOGNARD.

Louis-Marie GAGNON died 27 May 1870 in Trois-Pistoles, 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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Louis-Marie GAGNON married

Emelie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES-- Date: 30 July 1822 Place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Emelie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was the child of Charles-Augustin MIVILLE and Marie-Angelique LANCOGNARD

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Children of Louis-Marie GAGNON and Emelie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES:

Rémi GAGNON (b.04 20 1830, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada d. 04 10 1914, St-Jean-de-Dieu, Quebec, Canada)
m. Basilisse DUMONT 8 June 1879

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1795 Birth
21 November 1795
Rivière-Ouelle, 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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Marie GAGNON and Emelie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 30 July 1822, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 26 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 Birth of Child
Rémi GAGNON was born 04 20 1830, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Louis-Marie was 34 years old.

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)

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.