Charles COTE

(b. 16 August 1808 , Montmagny, Lower Canada d. 15 December 1883 , Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada )

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Charles COTE was born 16 August 1808 in Montmagny, Lower Canada

Charles COTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste COTE and Marie-Rogee AUBIN dite MIGNOT (MIGNEAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) François COTE and Helene-Reine THIVIERGE (maternal) Jean-François AUBIN dit MIGNOT (MIGNEAULT) and Marthe GAGNÉ

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

Charles married Felicite NORMAND 2 August 1842 in Montmagny, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite NORMAND was born 24 May 1814 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Felicite was the child of Jean-Baptiste NORMAND and Rosalie BERNATCHEZ (BERNATCHE).

Charles COTE died 15 December 1883 in Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, 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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Family and Children of Charles COTE

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Charles COTE married

Felicite NORMAND-- Date: 2 August 1842 Place: Montmagny, Canada East
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Felicite NORMAND was the child of Jean-Baptiste NORMAND and Rosalie BERNATCHEZ (BERNATCHE)

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Children of Charles COTE and Felicite NORMAND:

Perpetue COTE (b.9 August 1846, Henryville, Canada East d. , )
m. Simon COTE 6 February 1866 in Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien)

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1808 Birth
16 August 1808
Montmagny, Lower Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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 / Partner
Charles COTE and Felicite NORMAND 2 August 1842, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 33 years old.

1842 marriage

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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)

1846 Birth of Child
Perpetue COTE was born 9 August 1846, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Charles was 38 years old.

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)

1866 Marriage of Child
Perpetue COTE married 6 February 1866, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien) to Simon COTE

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.