Mitchel (Michel)
KAYER (SALOIS dit CAYA)
(b.
11 February 1847
,
Saint-David, Canada East
d.
1 May 1921
,
Leicester, Massachusetts, USA
)
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Mitchel (Michel) KAYER (SALOIS dit CAYA) was born 11 February 1847 in Saint-David, Canada East
Mitchel (Michel) KAYER (SALOIS dit CAYA) was the child of Joseph SALOIS dit CAYA and Thérèse COUTURIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre SALOIS dit CAYA and Marguerite COUTURIER (maternal) Claude COUTURIER and Madeleine LEPIREMitchel (Michel) was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1881.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Mitchel (Michel) married Phoebe (Philomene) GAGNE 29 January 1866 in Saint-David, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Phoebe (Philomene) GAGNE was born 11 February 1843 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Phoebe (Philomene) died 12 February 1915 in Leicester, Massachusetts, USA (Cherry Valley) (Rochdale).
Mitchel (Michel) KAYER (SALOIS dit CAYA) died 1 May 1921 in Leicester, Massachusetts, USA .
Parents might not be correct. See obituary.
Death record gives different parents than those found on his marriage record.
Death record and obituary gives parents names as Mitchell Kayer and Eliza Mishue with birth listed as Feb, 17, 1845 in St-David, Quebec.
Marriage to Phoebe Gagne at St-David Feb 29, 1866 has parents as Joseph Salois Dit Caya and Therese Couturier. Birth to these parents was in St-David Feb 11, 1847.
Son Eli was informant on death record.
Details of the family tree of Mitchel appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated.
The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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