Philomene CAYA

Born

25 October 1846 , Sherbrooke, Canada East

Died

6 December 1924 , Montréal, Québec, Canada

Philomene married Joseph MARTEL 28 February 1870 in Stoneham, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph MARTEL was born 5 March 1846 in L'Assomption, Canada East .

Parents & Family of Philomene CAYA

Parents of Philomene CAYA

Father

Joseph CAYA

Mother

Elisabeth HOUDE (HOULE) LECLAIR

Grandparents of Philomene CAYA

Paternal grandparents

Antoine-Salois CAYA Marie-Thérèse CARTIER

Maternal grandparents

Alexis-Clair HOUDE Marie-Angélique CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

Burial info:
Défunt(e)
Caya Pilomene
Conjoint
Martel "d"
Réception du corps
06-12-1924
Cimetière
Notre-Dame-des-Neiges

Concession 1397
Section M

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Philomene CAYA

Philomene CAYA married

Joseph MARTEL
Marriage date: 28 February 1870
Marriage place: Stoneham, Massachusetts, USA

See marriage record for Philomene CAYA and Joseph MARTEL

Marriage notes:

Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915

Name: Joseph Martel

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 28 Feb 1870

Event Place: Stoneham, Massachusetts

Gender: Male

Age: 21

Birth Year (Estimated): 1849

Father's Name: Jerry

Mother's Name: Mary

Spouse's Name: Philemon Caya

Spouse's Father's Name: Joseph

Spouse's Mother's Name: Elizabeth

Certificate Number: 482 GS Film number: 1433028 , Digital Folder Number: 4332358 , Image Number: 00953

Children of Joseph MARTEL and Philomene CAYA

Amelda (Imalda) MARTEL

Born: abt. 1875,
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste SICOTTE 26 February 1895 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1846
25 October 1846
Sherbrooke, Canada East

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

Merrimacke, Hillsborough, New Hampshire (18 Sept 1850)

Joseph Caya, age 48, laborer, born in Canada
Elizabeth Caya, age 44, born in Canada
John Caya, age 12, born in Canada, attends school
Isaie Caya, age 6, born in Canada, attends school
Joseph Caya, age 2, born in New Hampshire
Eliza Caya, age 18, born in Canada
Hannah Caya, age 20, born in Canada
Mary Caya, age 16, born in Canada
Philomene Caya, age 4, born in Canada

Source / record details
1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

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.

1870 Marriage / Partner
Philomene CAYA and Joseph MARTEL 28 February 1870, Stoneham, Massachusetts, USA

She was 23 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)

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

1895 Marriage of Child
Amelda (Imalda) MARTEL married 26 February 1895, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste SICOTTE

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)

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)

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

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))