flag male ancestor  Leon  COTE

  (b. 11 March 1797 La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 15 September 1887 St-Gédéon, Canada )  

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Leon COTE was born 11 March 1797 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Leon COTE was the child of Joseph-Andre COTE   and   Marie-Sophie SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph COTE and Dorothee TREMBLAY (maternal)  François SIMARD and Marguerite GAGNÉ

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Leon  married  Judith BELLEY 27 November 1821 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Judith BELLEY  was born 12 February 1802 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Judith died 2 January 1877 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix).  Judith was the child of Louis BELLEY and Marguerite TREMBLAY.

Leon COTE died 15 September 1887 in St-Gédéon, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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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birth1797 Birth
11 March 1797
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1821 Marriage / Partner
Leon COTE and Judith BELLEY 27 November 1821, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 24 years old.
1822 Birth of Child
Madeleine COTE was born 4 November 1822, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Leon was 25 years old.
1826 Birth of Child
Angele COTE was born 21 September 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Leon was 29 years old.
1828 Birth of Child
Leocadie COTE was born 2 September 1828, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Leon was 31 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1835 Birth of Child
Marguerite COTE was born 16 February 1835, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Leon was 37 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1843 Marriage of Child
Madeleine COTE married 29 August 1843, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Firmin BERGERON
marriage1845 Marriage of Child
Angele COTE married 28 October 1845, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Augustin NERON
marriage1851 Marriage of Child
Marguerite COTE married 19 November 1851, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Joseph MCNICOLL
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
marriage1858 Marriage of Child
Leocadie COTE married 5 October 1858, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Thomas GAGNON
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1876 Death of Child
Angele COTE died 23 September 1876, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Leon was 79 years old.
1877 Death of Spouse/Partner
Judith BELLEY died 2 January 1877, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
death1887 Death
15 September 1887
St-Gédéon, Canada

He died at the age of 90.
Added: 5/13/2024 12:18:01 PM - Updated: 1/29/2025 1:08:05 PM

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