Jean COTE

Born

6 May 1785 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

24 December 1874 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Augustin COTE Ursule GUAY

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Born: 6 May 1785 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Augustin COTE

Mother: Ursule GUAY

Paternal grandparents: Thomas COTE , Geneviève GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: Noel GUAY (CASTONGUAY) , Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY

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Jean married Marie BOUCHARD 18 April 1809 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie BOUCHARD was born 12 April 1792 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie died 4 December 1845 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie was the child of Victor-Samson BOUCHARD and Marie-Anne-Madeleine TREMBLAY.

Jean COTE died 24 December 1874 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean COTE married

Marie BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 18 April 1809
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Marie BOUCHARD was the child of Victor-Samson BOUCHARD and Marie-Anne-Madeleine TREMBLAY

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Children of Jean COTE and Marie BOUCHARD

Cleophe (Cléophas) COTE

Born: 31 July 1833, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 30 November 1905, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Denise BOUDREAU 4 November 1862 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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Birth — 1785
6 May 1785
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1809 Marriage / Partner
Jean COTE and Marie BOUCHARD 18 April 1809, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 23 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

1833 Birth of Child
Cleophe (Cléophas) COTE was born 31 July 1833, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 48 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)

1845 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie BOUCHARD died 4 December 1845, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Cleophe (Cléophas) COTE married 4 November 1862, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Denise BOUDREAU

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.