Joseph-Etienne COTE

(b. 25 December 1729 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 25 October 1804 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Etienne COTE was born 25 December 1729 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Joseph-Etienne COTE was the child of Augustin-Noel COTE and Marie-Madeleine BAILLARGEON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Noël COTE and Helene GRATTON (maternal) Jean BAILLARGEON and Marie-Jeanne GODEBOUT

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Joseph-Etienne married Thérèse BOUCHARD dite DORVAL 22 August 1763 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse BOUCHARD dite DORVAL was born 1 April 1729 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Thérèse died 10 July 1813 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Thérèse was the child of Charles BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Madeleine GOSSELIN.

Joseph-Etienne COTE died 25 October 1804 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Joseph-Etienne COTE married

Thérèse BOUCHARD dite DORVAL-- Date: 22 August 1763 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Thérèse BOUCHARD dite DORVAL was the child of Charles BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Madeleine GOSSELIN

Children of Joseph-Etienne COTE and Thérèse BOUCHARD dite DORVAL:

Jean COTE (b.13 December 1767, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 August 1844, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East )
m. Marguerite GODBOUT 3 March 1794 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1729 Birth
25 December 1729
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Etienne COTE and Thérèse BOUCHARD dite DORVAL 22 August 1763, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 33 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Jean COTE was born 13 December 1767, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Etienne was 37 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Jean COTE married 3 March 1794, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Marguerite GODBOUT

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