The parents of my mother Claudine Côté

Grandfather

Grandmother

Johnny Côté

Marie-Louise Smith

Birth: 14 February 1897 - Amqui, Quebec

Birth: 22 November 1900 - Sayabec, Quebec

Death: 10 July 1975 - Val-Brillant, Quebec

Death: 5 February 1980 - Val-Brillant, Quebec

Marriage: 18 August 1920 -Amqui, Quebec

The wedding photos of my maternal grandfather Johnny Côté and of my maternal grandmother Marie-Louise Smith on 18 August 1920

My maternal grandfather Johnny Côté and my maternal grandmother Marie-Louise Smith around 1922. The little girl in my grandfather's arm is my mother Claudine Côté.

My maternal grandfather Johnny Côté and my maternal grandmother Marie-Louise Smith.

The family of my Grandfather Johnny Côté and of my Grandmother Marie-Louise Smith in front of the family home in Val-Brillant in 1943. My mother Claudine Côté is on the left at the back. Her hand rest on the shoulder of my aunt Bibiane. Also in the photo are: my aunt Gabrielle (my godmother), my aunt Anita, my uncle Claude, my aunt Réjeanne, my aunt Monique, my oncle Raymond, my uncle Gérald and my uncle Victorien. Marie-Louise and Johnny are at the back on the right. Aunt Bérangère is the only one missing from the photo. She passed away at a young age in 1927.

My grandfather Johnny Côté in 1940 with my uncle Gérald Côté in his arms. He is standing in front of his home in Val-Brillant where I was born 8 years later. We can see the roof of the railway station across the street, on the left of the photo, and also the mountains on the horizon on the other side of Matapedia Lake.

My grandfather Johnny Côté with his horse in the 1950s

Death of my maternal grandfather Johnny Côté on 10 July 1975

Death of my maternal grandmother Marie-Louise Smith on 5 February 1980

Even though they have gone to a better world, Johnny and Marie-Louise continue to watch over their descendants.