Napierville in Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Québec — Central Canada (French-Canadian)
Docteur C.-H.-O. Côté, m.d.
| — | Du Rêve À L'exil — 1838 | — |
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2024
1. Docteur C.-H.-O. Côté, m.d. Marker
Sur cet emplacement se trouvait la résidence de Cyrille-Hector-Octave Côté (1809-1850). Vous êtes sur le lot n° 24 de la rue Christie.
La famille de C.-H.-O. Côté s'installe à Montréal vers 1823. En 1831, il s'inscrit en médecine au McGill College. Il décide de poursuivre ses études à l'Université du Vermont et obtient son diplôme en octobre 1831. Il s'installe à L'Acadie en 1832 et l'année suivante, il se fixe à Napierville. Par son mariage à Margaret Yelloby Jobson, il accède à la petite bourgeoisie de la région et possède une des plus belles maisons du village. Jouissant d'un certain prestige, il se présente aux élections de novembre 1834; il est élu député de la circonscription de L'Acadie.
Côté et Robert Nelson (1797-1873), le chef des Patriotes à Napierville, prennent possession du village de Napierville le 4 novembre 1838. Ils établissent un camp et Côté en est le général en chef. Celui-ci soutire 327 livres à la fabrique de Saint-Cyprien. Le 5, il commande un détachement qui va guérir des armes à Rouse's Point. Le 9, le combat décisif s'engage à Odelltown et se termine par la défaite des insurgés. Côté se
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Sa résidence sera incendiée peu après l'entrée des troupes dans le village.
Ses propriétés seront saisies par le seigneur William Plenderleath Christie et vendues à la porte de l'église de Napierville, le 4 octobre 1841. Le curé Amiot (1793-1845) achètera la plupart de ses terrains du village.
Il vivra à différents endroits aux États-Unis et au Québec. Il s'éteint à Hinesburg au Vermont, lors d'une convention Baptiste, le 4 octobre 1850. Son corps sera rapatrié et inhumé au cimetière de la Grande-Ligne à Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu.
— From Dream to Exile — 1838 —
On this site stood the residence of Cyrille-Hector-Octave Côté (1809-1850). You are on lot 24, Christie Street.
C.-H.-O. Côté's family settled in Montreal around 1823. In 1831, he enrolled in medicine at McGill College. He decided to continue his studies at the University of Vermont and graduated in October 1831. He moved to L'Acadie in 1832 and the following year, he settled in Napierville. Through his marriage to Margaret Yelloby Jobson, he gained access to the region's lower middle class and owned one of the most beautiful houses in the village. Enjoying a certain prestige, he ran in the November 1834 elections; he was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of L'Acadie.
Côté and Robert Nelson (1797-1873), the leader of the Patriotes in Napierville, took possession of the village of Napierville on November 4, 1838. They established a camp, and Côté was its commander-in-chief. Côté extracted 327 pounds from the Saint-Cyprien factory. On the 5th, he commanded a detachment that went to recover weapons at Rouse's Point. On the 9th, the decisive battle began at Odelltown and ended with the defeat of the insurgents. Côté took refuge in the United States. This would be the end of his republican dream.
His residence would be burned down shortly after the troops entered the village.
His properties would be seized by Lord William Plenderleath Christie and sold at the door of the Napierville church on October 4, 1841. Father Amiot (1793-1845) would purchase most of his land in the village.
He lived in various locations across the United States and Quebec. He died in Hinesburg, Vermont, during a Baptist convention on October 4, 1850. His body was repatriated and buried in the Grande-Ligne Cemetery in Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu.
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Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2024
2. Docteur C.-H.-O. Côté, m.d. Marker
Looking east across Rue Saint-Jacques; the marker is beside the northwest (left) corner of the commercial building at this address.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Government & Politics. A significant historical date for this entry is November 4, 1838.
Location. 45° 11.289′ N, 73° 24.353′ W. Marker is in Napierville, Québec, in Les Jardins-de-Napierville. It is at the intersection of Rue Saint-Jacques (Québec Route 219) and Rue de la Gare, on the right when traveling north on Rue Saint-Jacques. The marker is located beside the sidewalk, near the northwest corner of the building at this address. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 370 Rue Saint-Jacques, Napierville QC J0J 1L0, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Rupert’s Land.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Louis Cyr (approx. 3 kilometers away); Terrain de Balle Gilles-Alexander (approx. 9.5 kilometers away); Église Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (approx. 12 kilometers away); Chantier Naval de Île-aux-Noix (approx. 12.7 kilometers away); The Royal Navy (approx. 13.1 kilometers away); Fort Lennox (approx. 13.2 kilometers away); Blockhaus de la Rivière-Lacolle (approx. 14.1 kilometers away); a different marker also named Blockhaus de la Rivière-Lacolle (approx. 14.1 kilometers away).
Also see . . .
1. Cyrille-Hector-Octave Côté (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: In 1834, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for L'Acadie and was a radical member of the Parti patriote. Côté became a leader for the Patriote movement in his region. Although originally supporting Louis-Joseph Papineau, he now allied himself with Robert Nelson and helped prepare a declaration of independence for Lower Canada. On February 28, 1838, with Nelson, he led a group of Patriotes into Lower Canada; they were quickly dispersed. In November 1838, Nelson and Côté took over the village of Napierville but were again defeated by volunteer troops loyal to the British. He returned to the practice of medicine and settled at Swanton, Vermont. By 1840, he had abandoned the Patriote movement and moved to Chazy, New York the following year. He returned to Lower Canada in 1843, now a preacher for the Baptist faith. In 1844, he was ordained a Baptist minister and settled at Saint-Pie, Quebec. In 1848, he went to Philadelphia and helped prepare pamphlets to educate people about the Baptist faith, as well as translating an existing work into French. He died in Hinesburg, Vermont in 1850, after suffering a heart attack while attending a Baptist meeting there.(Submitted on April 26, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. Cyrille-Hector-Octave Côté (Dictionary of Canadian Biography).
(By Richard Chabot) Excerpt: Côté had doubtless been one of the most worthy representatives of the radical Patriotes. An advocate of a doctrinaire liberalism, known for his anticlericalism, he had chiefly wanted to reconcile the idea of national independence with the goals of a real social revolution. But his fierce opposition to Papineau, his incessant quarrels with the moderates, and his sharp attacks on the clergy had contributed greatly to making him vulnerable. What did it all amount to? Through his boldness and his radical ideas Côté might have shaken up his era.(Submitted on April 26, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
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