Jean-Baptiste COTE

Born

abt. 1790 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

22 August 1865 , Laterrière, Canada East

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Joseph-Andre COTE Marie-Sophie SIMARD

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Born: abt. 1790 in Québec Province, 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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Jean-Baptiste married Emerentienne GIRARD 21 February 1814 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Emerentienne GIRARD was born 24 August 1795 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Emerentienne was the child of Louis-Marie GIRARD and Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY.

Jean-Baptiste COTE died 22 August 1865 in Laterrière, Canada East.
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Jean-Baptiste COTE married

Emerentienne GIRARD
Marriage date: 21 February 1814
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Emerentienne GIRARD was the child of Louis-Marie GIRARD and Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY

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Children of Jean-Baptiste COTE and Emerentienne GIRARD

Thomas COTE

Born: 7 March 1817, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Luce NOEL 6 July 1843 Place: La Baie, Canada East

Madeleine COTE

Born: 17 March 1820, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Adolphe ST-GELAIS 2 May 1848 Place: La Baie, Canada East

Marie-Louise COTE

Born: 21 October 1840, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Ambroise ST-GELAIS 3 September 1855 Place: La Baie, 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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1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste COTE and Emerentienne GIRARD 21 February 1814, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Thomas COTE was born 7 March 1817, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

1820 Birth of Child
Madeleine COTE was born 17 March 1820, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

1840 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise COTE was born 21 October 1840, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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
Thomas COTE married 6 July 1843, La Baie, Canada East to Luce NOEL

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage of Child
Madeleine COTE married 2 May 1848, La Baie, Canada East to Adolphe ST-GELAIS

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise COTE married 3 September 1855, La Baie, Canada East to Ambroise ST-GELAIS

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