Felicite COTE

(b. 12 July 1744 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 31 December 1820 , Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada )

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Felicite COTE was born 12 July 1744 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Felicite COTE was the child of Michel-Augustin COTE and Angelique CHENAY (CHAINE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques COTE and Marie-Thérèse-Elisabeth LAMBERT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CHENAY dit LAGARENNE and Élisabeth BOUCHER

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

Felicite married Pierre-Paul DESJARDINS 12 January 1767 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Paul DESJARDINS was born 28 March 1745 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Pierre-Paul died 1 September 1813 in Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville). Pierre-Paul was the child of Paul DESJARDINS and Marguerite BRAZEAU.

Felicite COTE died 31 December 1820 in Sainte-Thérèse, Lower 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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Felicite COTE married

Pierre-Paul DESJARDINS-- Date: 12 January 1767 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre-Paul DESJARDINS was the child of Paul DESJARDINS and Marguerite BRAZEAU

Children of Pierre-Paul DESJARDINS and Felicite COTE:

Pierre DESJARDINS (b.28 April 1769, Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 September 1799, Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite GRATTON 13 February 1792 in Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville)

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1744 Birth
12 July 1744
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Felicite COTE and Pierre-Paul DESJARDINS 12 January 1767, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

She was 22 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Pierre DESJARDINS was born 28 April 1769, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Felicite was 24 years old.

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.