Francois COTE

Born

14 February 1820 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

11 February 1899 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Augustin COTE Marguerite SIMARD

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Born: 14 February 1820 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Augustin COTE

Mother: Marguerite SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: Leonard COTE , Agnes GUÉRIN dite ST-HILAIRE

Maternal grandparents: Etienne SIMARD , Julie SIMARD

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Francois married Marie-Christine LAVOIE 6 August 1844 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Christine LAVOIE was born 26 April 1826 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Marie-Christine died 4 July 1912 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Christine was the child of Julien LAVOIE and Flavie LAVOIE.

Francois COTE died 11 February 1899 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, 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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Marie-Christine LAVOIE
Marriage date: 6 August 1844
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Marie-Christine LAVOIE was the child of Julien LAVOIE and Flavie LAVOIE

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Luce COTE

Born: 24 August 1861, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Edmond TREMBLAY 7 August 1898 Place: Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

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Birth — 1820
14 February 1820
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Francois COTE and Marie-Christine LAVOIE 6 August 1844, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 24 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

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

1861 Birth of Child
Luce COTE was born 24 August 1861, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Francois was 41 years old.

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.