Marie-Henriette CAYER

Born

8 April 1840 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada

Died

15 November 1923 , Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Charles CAYER Adelaide ROGNON dite LAROCHE

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Born: 8 April 1840 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Charles CAYER

Mother: Adelaide ROGNON dite LAROCHE

Paternal grandparents: Alexis CAYER , Marie-Rosalie MOREAU

Maternal grandparents: François-Xavier ROGNON dit LAROCHE , Louise CROTEAU

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Marie-Henriette married Isaie DEMERS 14 January 1862 in Saint-Apollinaire, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Isaie DEMERS was born 2 January 1841 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Isaie died 21 November 1902 in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Isaie was the child of Elie DEMERS and Geneviève DEMERS.

Marie-Henriette CAYER died 15 November 1923 in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Marie-Henriette CAYER married

Isaie DEMERS
Marriage date: 14 January 1862
Marriage place: Saint-Apollinaire, Canada East

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Isaie DEMERS was the child of Elie DEMERS and Geneviève DEMERS

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Children of Isaie DEMERS and Marie-Henriette CAYER

Delina DEMERS

Born: abt. 1865, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Eugene DEMERS

Born: abt. 1870, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Delphine BLOUIN 17 February 1890 Place: Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Jean DEMERS

Born: abt. 1870, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Malvina BLOUIN 14 April 1890 Place: Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Alphonse DEMERS

Born: 7 May 1872, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Québec, Canada
Died: 29 July 1951, Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon, Québec, Canada

Delphis DEMERS

Born: abt. 1875, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Leda DEMERS

Born: abt. 1883, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 24 March 1916, Saint-Agapit, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1840
8 April 1840
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Henriette CAYER and Isaie DEMERS 14 January 1862, Saint-Apollinaire, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

1862 marriage

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1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1872 Birth of Child
Alphonse DEMERS was born 7 May 1872, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Marie-Henriette was 32 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1890 Marriage of Child
Eugene DEMERS married 17 February 1890, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Québec, Canada to Delphine BLOUIN

1890 Marriage of Child
Jean DEMERS married 14 April 1890, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Québec, Canada to Malvina BLOUIN

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1902 Death of Spouse/Partner
Isaie DEMERS died 21 November 1902, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1916 Death of Child
Leda DEMERS died 24 March 1916, Saint-Agapit, Québec, Canada (St-Agapit-de-Beaurivage)

Marie-Henriette was 76 years old.

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

Death — 1923
15 November 1923
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 83.

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