Joseph COTE

Born

29 February 1796 , Beloeil, Lower Canada

Died

9 February 1887 , Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Joseph married Elisabeth OSTIGUY 31 July 1820 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth OSTIGUY was born 9 March 1803 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . Elisabeth died 3 December 1879 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada . Elisabeth was the child of François OSTIGUY and Marie-Josette LALANNE .

Parents & Family of Joseph COTE

Parents of Joseph COTE

Father

Charles COTE

Mother

Marguerite GOULET

Grandparents of Joseph COTE

Paternal grandparents

Joseph COTE Marie-Anne JOBIDON

Maternal grandparents

Prisque GOULET Marguerite DROLET

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph COTE

Joseph COTE married

Elisabeth OSTIGUY
Marriage date: 31 July 1820
Marriage place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Elisabeth OSTIGUY was the child of François OSTIGUY and Marie-Josette LALANNE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph COTE and Elisabeth OSTIGUY

Onesime CÔTÉ

Born: 16 March 1827, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie JARRY 12 January 1847 Place: Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1796
29 February 1796
Beloeil, 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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph COTE and Elisabeth OSTIGUY 31 July 1820, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Onesime CÔTÉ was born 16 March 1827, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 31 years old.

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Onesime CÔTÉ married 12 January 1847, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East to Marie JARRY

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.