Jean COTE

Born

13 December 1767 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

16 August 1844 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East

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Joseph-Etienne COTE Thérèse BOUCHARD dite DORVAL

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Born: 13 December 1767 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph-Etienne COTE

Mother: Thérèse BOUCHARD dite DORVAL

Paternal grandparents: Augustin-Noel COTE , Marie-Madeleine BAILLARGEON

Maternal grandparents: Charles BOUCHARD dit DORVAL , Madeleine GOSSELIN

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Jean married Marguerite GODBOUT 3 March 1794 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite GODBOUT was born 23 November 1774 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Marguerite was the child of Joseph GODBOUT and Marguerite BAILLARGEON.

Jean COTE died 16 August 1844 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East .
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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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Jean COTE married

Marguerite GODBOUT
Marriage date: 3 March 1794
Marriage place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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Marguerite GODBOUT was the child of Joseph GODBOUT and Marguerite BAILLARGEON

Children of Jean COTE and Marguerite GODBOUT

Flavie COTE

Born: 5 March 1816, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Died: 26 March 1873, Saint-Anselme, Quebec, Canada

Married: Jacques BILODEAU 16 August 1842 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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Birth — 1767
13 December 1767
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1794 Marriage / Partner
Jean COTE and Marguerite GODBOUT 3 March 1794, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

He was 26 years old.

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

1816 Birth of Child
Flavie COTE was born 5 March 1816, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Jean was 48 years old.

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

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Flavie COTE married 16 August 1842, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Jacques BILODEAU

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)