Individual Details

-- 1880 U.S. Federal Census: Belle Prairie, Morrison, Minnesota (enum. dist. 80, p. 15, lines 11-18), dated 11 June 1980. Charles was age 44. Farmer.
-- 1881 Canadian Census: Saint-Etienne, div. 1, Saint-Maurice Co., Québec (Dist. 84, p. 13) shows this family living with the family of Antoine Marineau and Christine Lapolice. Were they just visiting? The names of the children are mostly there, but ages are a bit jumbled.
-- 1885 Minnesota State Census: Belle Prairie, Morrison, Minnesota, p. 2, family 11, dated 2 May 1885. No wife listed, neither Adelaide or Philomène!
-- 1895 Minnesota State Census: Belle Prairie, Morrison, Minnesota, p. 6, family 44, dated June 1895. Adelaide is back! (Called "Delahide.") Henry is not listed though! A 20-year-old laborer, Antoine Bourassa, was also living with them.
-- 1900 U.S. Federal Census: Belle Prairie, Morrison, Minnesota (e.d. 94, p. 14A, lines 25-27, dated 16 Jun 1900). Surname is written as "Cota". Wife's name was Adelaide. Confusing -- it says they were married for forty years, but it also says that Adelaide had borne only one child. Also, her birth month and year are different from those of Philomène. Thus, I conclude that Philomène and Adelaide are not the same person. Philomène must have died shortly after the 1881 Canadian Census, in which she was recorded, and Charles remarried in time for Henry to be born to the second wife in May of 1883. Perhaps Charles was the reporter, and in his imperfect English, he stated that he had been married for forty years, and the enumerator took that to refer to his present wife as well.
Ugh! Now I'm checking the 1885 and 1895 Minnesota State Censuses, and it gets more complicated!
-- 1905 Minnesota State Census: Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota, Ward 2, Subdivision 2 (enum. dist. 12, sheet 21, lines 39 and 40. Charles and Adelaide (called Delia) living alone at 810 5th Street NE.

Frederick Raboin, listed as a friend of the groom, was present at Charles' and Philomène's wedding! Frederick's son went on to marry their daughter.

Birth	19 Jan 1836	Yamachiche, Saint-Maurice, Québec, Canada
Christen	20 Jan 1836	Yamachiche, Saint-Maurice, Québec, Canada
Marriage	18 Jul 1859	Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Saint-Maurice, Québec, Canada - Philomène LAPOLICE
Marriage	Abt 1882	Adelaide
Death	27 Dec 1910	Cass, Minnesota, United States

Spouse	Philomène LAPOLICE (1839 - 1881)
Child	Marie Philomène CÔTÉ (1860 - )
Child	Hermine CÔTÉ (1862 - 1862)
Child	Marie CÔTÉ (1863 - 1863)
Child	Charles Napoléon CÔTÉ (1864 - )
Child	Marie Victoria CÔTÉ (1866 - )
Child	Joseph CÔTÉ (1868 - )
Child	Marie Denise CÔTÉ (1872 - )
Child	William CÔTÉ (1874 - )
Child	Evelina CÔTÉ (1877 - )
Child	Emelinda CÔTÉ (1879 - )
Child	Mary CÔTÉ (1880 - )

Spouse	Adelaide (1838 - )
Child	Henry CÔTÉ (1883 - )

Father	Charles CÔTÉ ( - )
Mother	Adelaïde CORRIVEAU (1810 - 1872)
Sibling	Emerence CÔTÉ ( - )
Sibling	Adelaïde CÔTÉ ( - )
Sibling	Angèle Virginie CÔTÉ (1833 - 1903)
Sibling	Josephine CÔTÉ (1838 - )
Sibling	Marie Hermine CÔTÉ (1842 - )
Sibling	Marie Hermine CÔTÉ (1845 - )
Sibling	Louis CÔTÉ (1847 - )
Sibling	Frédérick CÔTÉ (1849 - 1849)
Sibling	Odile Nonzé CÔTÉ (1850 - )
Sibling	Marie Georgina CÔTÉ (1851 - 1852)
Sibling	Isaac CÔTÉ (1854 - 1854)
Sibling	Marie Louise CÔTÉ (1857 - 1857)

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