Leon COTE

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11 March 1797 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

15 September 1887 , St-Gédéon, Canada

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Joseph-Andre COTE Marie-Sophie SIMARD

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Born: 11 March 1797 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Andre COTE

Mother: Marie-Sophie SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: Joseph COTE , Dorothee TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: François SIMARD , Marguerite GAGNÉ

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Leon married Judith BELLEY 27 November 1821 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Judith BELLEY was born 12 February 1802 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Judith died 2 January 1877 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Judith was the child of Louis BELLEY and Marguerite TREMBLAY.

Leon COTE died 15 September 1887 in St-Gédéon, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Leon COTE married

Judith BELLEY
Marriage date: 27 November 1821
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Judith BELLEY was the child of Louis BELLEY and Marguerite TREMBLAY

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Children of Leon COTE and Judith BELLEY

Madeleine COTE

Born: 4 November 1822, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 18 March 1900, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Married: Firmin BERGERON 29 August 1843 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Angele COTE

Born: 21 September 1826, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 23 September 1876, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

Married: Augustin NERON 28 October 1845 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Leocadie COTE

Born: 2 September 1828, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 24 March 1901, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Married: Thomas GAGNON 5 October 1858 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Marguerite COTE

Born: 16 February 1835, Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada
Died: 17 February 1896, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph MCNICOLL 19 November 1851 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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Birth — 1797
11 March 1797
La Malbaie, 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 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Marriage / Partner
Leon COTE and Judith BELLEY 27 November 1821, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 24 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Madeleine COTE was born 4 November 1822, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Leon was 25 years old.

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
Angele COTE was born 21 September 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Leon was 29 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Leocadie COTE was born 2 September 1828, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Leon was 31 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Birth of Child
Marguerite COTE was born 16 February 1835, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Leon was 37 years old.

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Madeleine COTE married 29 August 1843, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Firmin BERGERON

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Marriage of Child
Angele COTE married 28 October 1845, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Augustin NERON

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Marriage of Child
Marguerite COTE married 19 November 1851, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Joseph MCNICOLL

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Leocadie COTE married 5 October 1858, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Thomas GAGNON

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.