François-Xavier COTE

Born

25 May 1793 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada

Died

15 April 1859 , St-Flavien, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada

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Born: 25 May 1793 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada

Parents of François-Xavier COTE

Father

Jean-Charles COTE

Mother

Pelagie CROTEAU

Grandparents of François-Xavier COTE

Paternal grandparents

Jacques COTE Marie-Josephe BERGERON

Maternal grandparents

François CROTEAU Felicite CHENAY (CHAINE)

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

François-Xavier married Rose MARION 12 November 1816 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose MARION was born 19 January 1798 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada . Rose died 11 April 1875 in Québec, Québec, Canada . Rose was the child of Louis-Etienne MARION and Genevieve HUOT dite ST-LAURENT.

François-Xavier COTE died 15 April 1859 in St-Flavien, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of François-Xavier COTE

François-Xavier COTE married

Rose MARION
Marriage date: 12 November 1816
Marriage place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Rose MARION was the child of Louis-Etienne MARION and Genevieve HUOT dite ST-LAURENT

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

Children of François-Xavier COTE and Rose MARION

Joseph Francois Xavier Ludger COTE

Born: 1 December 1826, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada
Died: 10 August 1901, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, USA

Married: Marie-Desanges CHAREST (CHORET) 28 July 1845 Place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada East

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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 — 1793
25 May 1793
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1816 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier COTE and Rose MARION 12 November 1816, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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 - 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)

1826 Birth of Child
Joseph Francois Xavier Ludger COTE was born 1 December 1826, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

François-Xavier was 33 years old.

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 - 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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Joseph Francois Xavier Ludger COTE married 28 July 1845, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada East to Marie-Desanges CHAREST (CHORET)

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