Jean Baptiste Coté, fils de Nicolas Coté et Marie Claude Levasseur, naquit autour du 15 fév 1758, date qu'il fut baptisé à la paroisse St-Louis, Kamouraska, Canada, Nouvelle-France [1][2]. Son parrain fut Jean Baptiste Michaud et sa marraine Marie Michaud.
Il épousa Marguerite Thibodeau en premières noces le 9 fév 1778 à la paroisse St-Louis, Kamouraska, Province de Québec [3][4][5]. Le couple avait 11 enfants connus ensemble.
Il mourut le 27 mai 1840 et fut inhumé le 29 mai 1840 à Cacouna, Bas Canada [6]. Il fut cultivateur pendant sa vie.
Biography
Jean Baptiste Coté, son of Nicolas Coté and Marie Claude Levasseur, was born around 15 Feb 1758, the date he was baptized at St-Louis parish, Kamouraska, Canada, New France [1][2]. His godfather was Jean Baptiste Michaud and his godmother was Marie Michaud.
He married Marguerite Thibodeau on 9 Feb 1778 at St-Louis parish, Kamouraska, Province of Québec [3][4][5]. The couple had 11 known children together.
He died on 27 May 1840 and was buried on 29 May 1840 at St-Georges parish, Cacouna, Lower Canada [6]. He was a farmer during his life.
Name
The family name Coté has numeous spellings. The patriarch of the Coté family in North America, Jean (~1610-1661) clearly signed his name as "Jean Costé" and he was listed as "Jean Coste" in the registry of the ship Le St-Jean on arrival in Québec in 1634. Coste or Costé is considered the Old World spelling. In Québec, the family name has generally been standardized as Coté or Côté. Jean Baptiste, subject of this bio, was named Costé at baptism and marriage, and Coté at burial.
Sources
↑ 1.01.1Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 K > Kamouraska > St-Louis > 1727-1798 > Page 165. Baptism of Jean Baptiste Costé, son of Nicolas Costé and Marie Levasseur on 15 Feb 1758 at St-Louis parish, Kamouraska, Canada, Nouvelle-France. No date of birth given, assumed to be same day. Accessed on Ancestry.ca on 13 Jan 2023 (shared document : open access)
↑ 3.03.1Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 K > Kamouraska > St-Louis > 1773-1778 > Page 30. Marriage of Jean Baptiste Costé (son of Nicolas Costé and the late Marie Levasseur) and Margueritte Tibeaudeau (daughter of Jean Baptiste Tibeaudeau and Marieanne Babin) - 9 Feb 1778 - St-Louis parish, Kamouraska, Province de Québec Accessed on Ancestry.ca on 13 Jan 2023 (shared document : open access)
↑ 4.04.1Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 K > Kamouraska > St-Louis > 1727-1798 > Page 372. Marriage of Jean Baptiste Costé (son of Nicolas Costé and the late Marie Levasseur) and Margueritte Tibeaudeau (daughter of Jean Baptiste Tibeaudeau and Marieanne Babin) - 9 Feb 1778 - St-Louis parish, Kamouraska, Province de Québec (parish copy). Accessed on Ancestry.ca on 13 Jan 2023 (shared document : open access)
↑ 6.06.1Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 C > Cacouna > ALL > 1840 > Page 14. Burial of Jean Baptiste Coté, farmer, husband of Marguerite Thibeaudeau - 29 May 1840 (died 27 May 1840) - St-Georges parish, Cacouna, Lower Canada. Accessed on Ancestry.ca on 13 Jan 2023 (shared document : open access)
Thank you to Kevin Babiuk for creating WikiTree profile Coté-305 through the import of WikiTree.ged on Feb 17, 2013.
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Cote-2607 and Coté-305 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate, even the reference given refers to the Jean Baptiste Coté (Coté-305) who was married to Marguerite Thibodeau and who was the father of Julienne Coté