Jean-François COTE

(b. 20 December 1715 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 12 October 1775 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-François COTE was born 20 December 1715 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-François COTE was the child of Pierre COTE and Marie-Charlotte RONDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste COTE and Anne COUTURE (maternal) Thomas RONDEAU and Andree REMONDIERE

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Jean-François married Genevieve PLANTE 16 October 1748 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Genevieve PLANTE was born 25 July 1727 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Genevieve died 23 May 1816 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Genevieve was the child of Pierre PLANTE and Angelique HAVARD (AVARE).

Jean-François COTE died 12 October 1775 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of 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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Jean-François COTE married

Genevieve PLANTE-- Date: 16 October 1748 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Genevieve PLANTE was the child of Pierre PLANTE and Angelique HAVARD (AVARE)

Children of Jean-François COTE and Genevieve PLANTE:

François COTE (b.12 October 1750, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 6 June 1811, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. Madeleine-Helene FORTIER 12 January 1778 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Angélique COTE (b.22 February 1766, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 February 1851, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East)
m. Jacques GOURDEAU 22 January 1787 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1715 Birth
20 December 1715
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1748 Marriage / Partner
Jean-François COTE and Genevieve PLANTE 16 October 1748, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 32 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
François COTE was born 12 October 1750, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean-François was 34 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.