Basile GAGNON

(b. 7 December 1757 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 1 July 1848 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East )

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Basile GAGNON was born 7 December 1757 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Basile GAGNON was the child of Mathurin GAGNON and Gertrude BLANCHET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin GAGNON and Charlotte COCHON (maternal) Guillaume BLANCHET and Marie-Anne GAGNÉ

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

Basile married Marguerite CHARTIER 9 November 1784 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite CHARTIER was born 31 August 1762 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Marguerite died 12 February 1829 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Marguerite was the child of Michel CHARTIER and Marguerite MORIN.

Basile GAGNON died 1 July 1848 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East .

m. Marguerite Chartier
9 November 1784
St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud

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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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Basile GAGNON married

Marguerite CHARTIER-- Date: 9 November 1784 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite CHARTIER was the child of Michel CHARTIER and Marguerite MORIN

Children of Basile GAGNON and Marguerite CHARTIER:

Marie-Josephte GAGNON (b.24 June 1793, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada d. 21 November 1820, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. André BROCHU 19 March 1818 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1757 Birth
7 December 1757
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Basile GAGNON and Marguerite CHARTIER 9 November 1784, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 26 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte GAGNON was born 24 June 1793, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Basile was 35 years old.

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.

1818 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte GAGNON married 19 March 1818, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to André BROCHU

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Death of Child
Marie-Josephte GAGNON died 21 November 1820, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Basile was 62 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)

1829 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite CHARTIER died 12 February 1829, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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