Marie-Angélique  CAYA

Born

15 August 1794 ,  Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Died

10 August 1851 ,  Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East

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Joseph CAYAJosephte DENEVERS dite BOISVERT

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Born: 15 August 1794 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph CAYA

Mother: Josephte DENEVERS dite BOISVERT

Paternal grandparents: Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) , Thérèse LEFEBVRE dite BEAULAC

Maternal grandparents: Étienne DENEVERS dit BOISVERT , Marie-Françoise CHORET

Marie-Angélique CAYA died 10 August 1851 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East.
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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
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Birth — 1794
15 August 1794
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

 1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

 1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

 1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

 1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

 1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

 1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

 1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

 1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

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)

Death — 1851
10 August 1851
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East
She died at the age of 57.

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