Francois DECOSTE (DECOSSE)

(b. 9 November 1784 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 August 1863 , St-Isidore, Laprairie, Québec Canada )

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Francois DECOSTE (DECOSSE) was born 9 November 1784 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Francois DECOSTE (DECOSSE) was the child of Jean-Baptiste COTE dit LAFLEUR DECOSTE and Therese POULIOT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Nicolas POULIOT (POUILLOT) dit LACLERGEVIE and Thérèse LEMELIN

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

Francois married Cecile SURPRENANT 25 November 1816 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Cecile SURPRENANT was born 1 October 1793 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Cecile died 22 November 1872 in St-Isidore, Laprairie, Québec, Canada. Cecile was the child of Michel SURPRENANT and Marie-Renee GIBEAU.

Francois DECOSTE (DECOSSE) died 17 August 1863 in St-Isidore, Laprairie, 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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Family and Children of Francois DECOSTE (DECOSSE)

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Francois DECOSTE (DECOSSE) married

Cecile SURPRENANT-- Date: 25 November 1816 Place: Saint-Constant, Lower Canada
Cecile SURPRENANT was the child of Michel SURPRENANT and Marie-Renee GIBEAU

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Children of Francois DECOSTE (DECOSSE) and Cecile SURPRENANT:

Narcisse DECOSTE (DECOSSE) (b.18 October 1821, Châteauguay, Lower Canada d. 12 July 1891, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada )
m. Salome MOISE 25 October 1841

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1784 Birth
9 November 1784
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

1816 Marriage / Partner
Francois DECOSTE (DECOSSE) and Cecile SURPRENANT 25 November 1816, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

He was 32 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1821 Birth of Child
Narcisse DECOSTE (DECOSSE) was born 18 October 1821, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Francois was 36 years old.

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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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

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

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser