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Édouard “Edward” DeCoste

Birth
Havre Boucher, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death
4 Apr 1876 (aged 32)
Burial
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He was the son of Elias "Eli" DeCoste (ca 1796-?) and Felicite (Lavandier) DeCoste (1811-1892).

He was the husband of Anne "Nancy" (Coté) DeCoste (1847-1942). Their children were Elias Henry DeCoste (1869-1914), Edward DeCoste (1871-?), Bridget Ann DeCoste (1874-?) and Joseph Lewis DeCoste (1876-1876).

He was the brother of Olive Decoste (1828-1892), Joseph DeCoste (1832-1876), Marie Sarah (DeCoste) Burke (1933-1913), Fréderick DeCoste (1835-1887), Michael DeCoste (1837-?), Angelique "Jane" DeCoste (1839-1891), and Charles DeCoste (1841-1904).

On Sunday April 2, 1876, the Schooner Katie sailed out of Port Mulgrave, Nova Scotia bound for Gloucester, Massachusetts for the summer fishing season. Katie under the command of, Captain James Forrestall set out with a crew of 68 men from the Port Hawkesbury and Port Mulgrave area. Around April 4, the ship ran into a severe gale, foundered and sank. The vessel and crew disappeared without a trace.

Édouard's brother, Joseph DeCoste (1832-1876) also died when the Schooner Katie sank.
He was the son of Elias "Eli" DeCoste (ca 1796-?) and Felicite (Lavandier) DeCoste (1811-1892).

He was the husband of Anne "Nancy" (Coté) DeCoste (1847-1942). Their children were Elias Henry DeCoste (1869-1914), Edward DeCoste (1871-?), Bridget Ann DeCoste (1874-?) and Joseph Lewis DeCoste (1876-1876).

He was the brother of Olive Decoste (1828-1892), Joseph DeCoste (1832-1876), Marie Sarah (DeCoste) Burke (1933-1913), Fréderick DeCoste (1835-1887), Michael DeCoste (1837-?), Angelique "Jane" DeCoste (1839-1891), and Charles DeCoste (1841-1904).

On Sunday April 2, 1876, the Schooner Katie sailed out of Port Mulgrave, Nova Scotia bound for Gloucester, Massachusetts for the summer fishing season. Katie under the command of, Captain James Forrestall set out with a crew of 68 men from the Port Hawkesbury and Port Mulgrave area. Around April 4, the ship ran into a severe gale, foundered and sank. The vessel and crew disappeared without a trace.

Édouard's brother, Joseph DeCoste (1832-1876) also died when the Schooner Katie sank.


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