Elisabeth GAGNON was born about 1860.

She was married to Joseph ARCAND (son of Pierre ARCAND and Julie L***) on 23 May 1881 at Sacre Coeur church, Montréal, Québec. [source: Sacre Coeur register, 1881, M43, p.59]

They had the following children:

i. Édouard Solomon ARCAND was born on 14 Apr 1883 in Montréal. He was baptized on 16 Apr at Sacre Coeur church. His godparents were Édouard Arcand, "cordonnier" (shoemaker), and Marie Marcelline Gagnon ("daughter of Thomas Gagnon, aunt of the child"). [source: Sacre Coeur register, 1883, B227, p.45verso]

Joseph ARCAND died sometime before 1891. In the baptismal record of Edouard, he was described as "charretier," or a carter.

Elisabeth and Édouard appeared in the 1891 census of Quebec, as Elisabeth Gagnon, age 28, and Edward Arcand, age 9, living in the household of Elisabeth's parents Thomas and Marcelline in St.Mary's ward, Montréal.

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