COSTE

THE FIRST COSTE CAME T0 ACADIA FROM MARTIGUES NEAR MARSEILLES, FRANCE IN 1695. THE FAMILY MOVED TO PORT TOULOUSE, (ST. PETERS, CAPE BRETON) AROUND l 715. WHILE THERE THE FAMILY FOUNDED L 'ARDOISE. CLAUDE COSTE WAS MARRIED AT PORT TOULOUSE IN 1753 TO MARGUERITE VIGNEAU, DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH VIGNEAU AND LOU1SE ARSENEAU.  THEY WERE IN ARICHAT IN 1771 & LATER MOVED TO HAVRE BOUCHER, BEING ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS THERE. CLAUDE IS LISTED ON THE 1794 POLL TAX.

THE NAME EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS FROM COSTE TO DECOSTE. ALL THE COSTES AND DECOSTES IN ANTIGONISH COUNTY ARE DESCENDANTS FROM THIS COUPLE

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