Georges COTE

(b. 29 March 1808 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 7 September 1896 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )

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Georges COTE was born 29 March 1808 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Georges COTE was the child of Moise COTE and Olive GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph COTE and Dorothee TREMBLAY (maternal) Gaspard GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Therese TREMBLAY

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

Georges married Josephine SIMARD 7 February 1831 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephine SIMARD was born 26 March 1811 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Josephine died 18 March 1839 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Josephine was the child of Joseph SIMARD and Josephte FORTIN.

Georges COTE died 7 September 1896 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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Georges COTE married

Josephine SIMARD-- Date: 7 February 1831 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Josephine SIMARD was the child of Joseph SIMARD and Josephte FORTIN

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Children of Georges COTE and Josephine SIMARD:

Joseph-Euchariste COTE (b.19 August 1832, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 16 September 1897, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )
m. Sophie SIMARD 2 August 1853 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1808 Birth
29 March 1808
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Georges COTE and Josephine SIMARD 7 February 1831, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 22 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Joseph-Euchariste COTE was born 19 August 1832, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Georges was 24 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)

1839 Death of Spouse/Partner
Josephine SIMARD died 18 March 1839, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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)

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

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Euchariste COTE married 2 August 1853, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Sophie SIMARD

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.