Charles LACOSTE

(b. 11 July 1791 , Boucherville, Lower Canada d. 18 July 1865 , Saint-André-Avelin, Quebec, Canada )

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Charles LACOSTE was born 11 July 1791 in Boucherville, Lower Canada

Charles LACOSTE was the child of Pierre LACOSTE and Francoise AUBERTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles LACOSTE dit LANGUEDOC and Marguerite LOISEAU (maternal) Joseph AUBERTIN and Josephte PEPIN dite LAFORCE

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

Charles married Marie-Josephte RIENDEAU 24 October 1814 in Boucherville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Josephte RIENDEAU was born 21 May 1793 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie-Josephte died 14 December 1876 in Saint-André-Avelin, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Francois RIENDEAU and Louise BRAY dite LABONTÉ.

Charles LACOSTE died 18 July 1865 in Saint-André-Avelin, Quebec, Canada.
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Occupation

Charles LACOSTE was a Fermier.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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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Family and Children of Charles LACOSTE

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Charles LACOSTE married

Marie-Josephte RIENDEAU-- Date: 24 October 1814 Place: Boucherville, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte RIENDEAU was the child of Francois RIENDEAU and Louise BRAY dite LABONTÉ

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Children of Charles LACOSTE and Marie-Josephte RIENDEAU:

Louise LACOSTE (b.3 June 1817, Boucherville, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Charles TURGEON

Angele LACOSTE (b.11 February 1832, Montebello, Lower Canada d. 9 August 1916, Ripon, Canada)
m. Joseph PREVOST 17 February 1851

Jean-Baptiste LACOSTE (b.12 June 1836, Montebello, Lower Canada d. 4 July 1910, Hamner, Ontario, Canada)
m. Marie-Céladine TURGEON 14 July 1861 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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1791 Birth
11 July 1791
Boucherville, Lower Canada

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

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Charles LACOSTE and Marie-Josephte RIENDEAU 24 October 1814, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 23 years old.

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

1817 Birth of Child
Louise LACOSTE was born 3 June 1817, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Charles was 25 years old.

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

1832 Birth of Child
Angele LACOSTE was born 11 February 1832, Montebello, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Charles was 40 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LACOSTE was born 12 June 1836, Montebello, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Charles was 44 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)

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.