Elisabeth FORTIER

Born

12 October 1805 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada

Died

17 October 1882 , Saint-Flavien, Quebec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste FORTIER Elisabeth BEDARD

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Born: 12 October 1805 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste FORTIER

Mother: Elisabeth BEDARD

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste FORTIER , Josephte ROGNON

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BEDARD , Marie-Elisabeth AUCLAIR

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Elisabeth married Jean-Baptiste COTE 14 February 1825 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste COTE was born 16 May 1802 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 7 April 1877 in Saint-Flavien, Quebec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Augustin COTE and Louise FRECHETTE.

Elisabeth FORTIER died 17 October 1882 in Saint-Flavien, Quebec, Canada.
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Elisabeth FORTIER married

Jean-Baptiste COTE
Marriage date: 14 February 1825
Marriage place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste COTE was the child of Augustin COTE and Louise FRECHETTE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste COTE and Elisabeth FORTIER

Lucie COTE

Born: 5 April 1847, Saint-Flavien, Quebec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Elzear BEDARD 9 January 1866

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Birth — 1805
12 October 1805
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada

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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth FORTIER and Jean-Baptiste COTE 14 February 1825, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

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)

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 Birth of Child
Lucie COTE was born 5 April 1847, Saint-Flavien, Quebec, Canada

Elisabeth was 41 years old.

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.