Joseph COTE

(b. 19 July 1757 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 27 March 1834 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Joseph COTE was born 19 July 1757 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Joseph COTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste COTE and Marie-Anne BISAILLON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph COTE and Thérèse HUOT (maternal) Étienne BISAILLON and Anne-Françoise LEBER

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

Joseph married Suzanne DUPUIS 27 April 1786 in L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Suzanne DUPUIS was born abt. 1766 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Suzanne died 3 July 1831 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Suzanne was the child of Olivier DUPUIS and Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU).

Joseph COTE died 27 March 1834 in La Prairie, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Joseph COTE married

Suzanne DUPUIS-- Date: 27 April 1786 Place: L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada
Suzanne DUPUIS was the child of Olivier DUPUIS and Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Children of Joseph COTE and Suzanne DUPUIS:

Rose COTE (b.11 March 1792, La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 22 March 1825, Napierville, Lower Canada )
m. Théophile MARCHESSAULT (MARCHESSEAU) 28 July 1819 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1757 Birth
19 July 1757
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Joseph COTE and Suzanne DUPUIS 27 April 1786, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 28 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Birth of Child
Rose COTE was born 11 March 1792, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph was 34 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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.

1819 Marriage of Child
Rose COTE married 28 July 1819, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Théophile MARCHESSAULT (MARCHESSEAU)

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)