Narcisse DECOSTE (DECOSSE)

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18 October 1821 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada

Died

12 July 1891 , Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada

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Francois DECOSTE (DECOSSE)Cecile SURPRENANT

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Born: 18 October 1821 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada

Father: Francois DECOSTE (DECOSSE)

Mother: Cecile SURPRENANT

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste COTE dit LAFLEUR DECOSTE , Therese POULIOT

Maternal grandparents: Michel SURPRENANT , Marie-Renee GIBEAU

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Narcisse married Salome MOISE 25 October 1841 in Saint-Isidore-de-Laprairie, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Salome MOISE was born 18 May 1824 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Salome died 26 August 1887 in Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough). Salome was the child of François MOISE (MOYSE) and Marie LUSSIER.

Narcisse DECOSTE (DECOSSE) died 12 July 1891 in Franklin Centre, 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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Spouse & Children of Narcisse DECOSTE (DECOSSE)

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Salome MOISE
Marriage date: 25 October 1841
Marriage place: Saint-Isidore-de-Laprairie, Québec, Canada

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Salome MOISE was the child of François MOISE (MOYSE) and Marie LUSSIER

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Joseph Narcisse DECOSSE

Born: 12 March 1843, St-Isidore, Laprairie, Canada East
Died: 23 June 1916, Clinton, Clinton, New York, USA

Married: Aurelie POISSANT 20 August 1867

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Birth — 1821
18 October 1821
Châteauguay, 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 Marriage / Partner
Narcisse DECOSTE (DECOSSE) and Salome MOISE 25 October 1841, Saint-Isidore-de-Laprairie, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Joseph Narcisse DECOSSE was born 12 March 1843, St-Isidore, Laprairie, Québec, Canada

Narcisse was 21 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

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.