Gabriel COTE

(b. 11 June 1742 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France d. 5 February 1795 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Gabriel COTE was born 11 June 1742 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Gabriel COTE was the child of Nicolas CÔTÉ and Marie-Claude LEVASSEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste CÔTÉ and Françoise-Charlotte CHORET (maternal) Pierre LEVASSEUR and Marie-Elisabeth MICHAUD

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

Gabriel married Agathe DESJARDINS (CHACASSIN OUKOUE) 11 August 1765 in Mackinac Island, French Settlement (now Michigan) . Agathe DESJARDINS (CHACASSIN OUKOUE) was born abt. 1742

Gabriel married (2) Angelique BLONDEAU 29 December 1783 in Mackinac Island, French Settlement (now Michigan) . Angelique BLONDEAU was born 8 December 1755 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Angelique was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLONDEAU and Genevieve LEFEBVRE dite ANGERS.

Gabriel COTE died 5 February 1795 in Montréal, Lower Canada .
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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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Gabriel COTE married

Agathe DESJARDINS (CHACASSIN OUKOUE)-- Date: 11 August 1765 Place: Mackinac Island, French Settlement (now Michigan)

Children of Gabriel COTE and Agathe DESJARDINS (CHACASSIN OUKOUE):

Gabriel COTE married

Angelique BLONDEAU-- Date: 29 December 1783 Place: Mackinac Island, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Angelique BLONDEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLONDEAU and Genevieve LEFEBVRE dite ANGERS

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1742 Birth
11 June 1742
Kamouraska, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel COTE and Agathe DESJARDINS (CHACASSIN OUKOUE) 11 August 1765, Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA (Fort Michilimackinac)

He was 23 years old.

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel COTE and Angelique BLONDEAU 29 December 1783, Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA (Fort Michilimackinac)

He was 41 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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