I am looking for the birth of Lucien COTE
son of Auguste COTE and Henriette FILLION, b. 1907-1908

I found this in Mass Vital Records online:

Cote Jos. Lucien E. Theobold Salem 1907 566 684 Birth
Cote Lucien Lawrence 1908 574 557 Birth

Is he one of them???

Thank you.

I checked Mass. Vital Records from 1905 to 1910 for births of Lucien Cote. There were several, but none had the parents which you mentioned. Sorry. Priscilla

Thank you for your help!

Cote (Male) Fall River 1907 566 255 Birth
Oct 13, 1907 (Male) Cote was born to Auguste and Henriette Filion. Parent’s residence in Fall River was 78 North Eight. Father was a carpenter. Both parents born in Canada.

Thank you for the info!

What does it mean (Male)?
The frist name is not available or the child died at birth???

I have to caveat what follows as being based on my understanding having looked at records. I'm not sure the rules were very specific.

It's not uncommon to find records of children that were not yet named. Since the sex is recorded, the index contains either (male) or (female) for the firstname. If the child was stillborn, the birth record usually lists that. If the child lived at birth and then died shortly after, a separate death entry would be registered.

Since a record for Lucien was not found,I decided to look for a male child born to the couple. I stopped at the first match, and did not bother to search the death index.

If you don't believe this to be him, then I or others can look further, but would probably need more information.

John

Greetings

Try search useing Joseph. It wasa a french-canadian practice to baptise all males Joseph with whatever name they would use after i.e. Joseph Pierre, females used Marie. I've found relitives this way.

Paul Nickerson
in Westbrook, Me

The 1911 Census of Quebec lists Lucien as born in Oct 1907 in Quebec, but I suspect that the (male) Cote might be him given the Oct 13, 1907 birth date.


1911 Census of Canada
about Lucian Cote
Name: Lucian Cote
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 3
Birth Date: Oct 1907
Birthplace: Quebec
Relation to Head of House: Fils (Son)
Father's Name: Auguste
Mother's Name: Henriette
Tribal: French
Province: Quebec
District: Rimouski
District Number: 193
Sub-District: Matane, part
Sub-District Number: 60
Place of Habitation: Matane Village
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Auguste Cote 36
Henriette Cote 30
Auguste Cote 8
Majorique Cote 6
Lucian Cote 3
Henri Cote 1
Marie Anna Cote 9
Alfred Cote 28
Amelie Cote 20
Lionel Cote 11/12

I did not find a baptism record in Canada for him, so perhaps he was baptized in Fall River. You could try contacting the Fall River Diocesan Archives to see if they can help. Since you have the address from the record, they should be able to identify the local parish.

Archives
362 Highland Avenue, P.O. Box 2577
Fall River, MA 02722
Tel. (508) 675-1311

Collects, organizes, and preserves records, documents and memorabilia of the Diocese for administrative and historical purposes. Not open to the general public.

Rev. Barry W. Wall
Archivist