Sara COTE

(b. 16 April 1821 , Cacouna, Lower Canada d. 1 September 1884 , St-Modeste, Canada )

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Sara COTE was born 16 April 1821 in Cacouna, Lower Canada

Sara COTE was the child of Theophile COTE and Catherine LACASSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Basile COTE and Marie-Anne CHALOUX (maternal) Antoine LACASSE and Catherine GUAY

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

Sara married Jean SIROIS 1 August 1843 in Cacouna, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean SIROIS was born 24 October 1821 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna). Jean died 26 February 1885 in St-Modeste, Canada. Jean was the child of Jean SIROIS and Charlotte MERCIER.

Sara COTE died 1 September 1884 in St-Modeste, 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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Family and Children of Sara COTE

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Sara COTE married

Jean SIROIS-- Date: 1 August 1843 Place: Cacouna, Canada East
Jean SIROIS was the child of Jean SIROIS and Charlotte MERCIER

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Children of Jean SIROIS and Sara COTE:

Ferdinand SIROIS (b.15 October 1849, Saint-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East d. 6 May 1938, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Caroline PELLETIER 27 November 1871 in Old Town, Maine, USA

Alfred SIROIS (b.7 October 1852, St-Arsène-de-Cacouna, Quebec, Canada d. , )
m. Azilda GRATTON 2 April 1893 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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1821 Birth
16 April 1821
Cacouna, Lower Canada

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

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

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

1843 Marriage / Partner
Sara COTE and Jean SIROIS 1 August 1843, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

She was 22 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Ferdinand SIROIS was born 15 October 1849, Saint-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

Sara was 28 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Alfred SIROIS was born 7 October 1852, St-Arsène-de-Cacouna, Quebec, Canada

Sara was 31 years old.

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)

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.