Prisque CÔTÉ

(b. 7 September 1721 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 17 May 1800 , L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada )

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Prisque CÔTÉ was born 7 September 1721 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Prisque CÔTÉ was the child of Prisque-Pierre CÔTÉ and Ursule BERNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste CÔTÉ and Françoise-Charlotte CHORET (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Geneviève CARON

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Prisque married Geneviève LEPAGE 9 July 1755 in Rimouski, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children. Geneviève LEPAGE was born 4 January 1733 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Geneviève died 23 January 1785 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Geneviève was the child of Pierre LEPAGE and Marie-Anne TREPANIER (TREPIGNY) (TREPAGNY).

Prisque CÔTÉ died 17 May 1800 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada .
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Prisque CÔTÉ married

Geneviève LEPAGE-- Date: 9 July 1755 Place: Rimouski, Canada, New France
Geneviève LEPAGE was the child of Pierre LEPAGE and Marie-Anne TREPANIER (TREPIGNY) (TREPAGNY)

Children of Prisque CÔTÉ and Geneviève LEPAGE:

Genevieve COTE (b.25 May 1756, Trois-Pistoles, Canada, New France d. 18 August 1792, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada )

Louis COTE (b.abt. 1757, , Québec Province, Canada d. 21 June 1835, L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada )
m. Brigitte ALBERT 4 October 1779 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Augustin COTE (b.abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 July 1823, L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada )

Ignace COTE (b.25 December 1762, Trois-Pistoles, Canada d. 25 May 1806, L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada )
m. Isabelle-Elisabeth CHALOUX 26 October 1789 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Rose COTE (b.abt. 1763, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Françoise CÔTÉ (b.12 July 1764, Trois-Pistoles, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 January 1790, L'Isle-Verte, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Benjamin LEVASSEUR 20 November 1786 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Paul COTE (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 August 1811, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada )

Charlotte COTE (b.abt. 1775, , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 November 1838, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada )

Etienne COTE (b.abt. 1778, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1721 Birth
7 September 1721
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1755 Marriage / Partner
Prisque CÔTÉ and Geneviève LEPAGE 9 July 1755, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 33 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Genevieve COTE was born 25 May 1756, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Prisque was 34 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Ignace COTE was born 25 December 1762, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Prisque was 41 years old.

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.

1764 Birth of Child
Françoise CÔTÉ was born 12 July 1764, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Prisque was 42 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Louis COTE married 4 October 1779, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Brigitte ALBERT

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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1785 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève LEPAGE died 23 January 1785, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

1786 Marriage of Child
Françoise CÔTÉ married 20 November 1786, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Benjamin LEVASSEUR

1789 Marriage of Child
Ignace COTE married 26 October 1789, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Isabelle-Elisabeth CHALOUX

1790 Death of Child
Françoise CÔTÉ died 9 January 1790, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Prisque was 68 years old.

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

1792 Death of Child
Genevieve COTE died 18 August 1792, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Prisque was 70 years old.

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

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