Olive GAGNON

(b. abt. 1819 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada d. 20 August 1873 , Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada )

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Olive GAGNON was born abt. 1819 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

Olive GAGNON was the child of ? and ?

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

Olive married Francois BORDELEAU 15 November 1841 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois BORDELEAU was born abt. 1794 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).

Olive GAGNON died 20 August 1873 in Neuville, Portneuf, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Olive GAGNON

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Olive GAGNON married

Francois BORDELEAU-- Date: 15 November 1841 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Canada East

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Children of Francois BORDELEAU and Olive GAGNON:

Alphonse BORDELEAU (b.1 January 1853, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada East d. 11 September 1934, Princeville, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie Anna Rose MORIN 20 January 1874

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1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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 Marriage / Partner
Olive GAGNON and Francois BORDELEAU 15 November 1841, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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.

1853 Birth of Child
Alphonse BORDELEAU was born 1 January 1853, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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.