Sophie
CHAMBERLAND
Born
28 January 1831
,
Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died
20 January 1882
,
Port Wine, Plumas, California, USA
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Sophie CHAMBERLAND married 
Michel (Mitchell) CAYA
Marriage date: abt. 1850
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Michel (Mitchell) CAYA was the child of Michel CAYA and Marie-Angélique HOUDE
Michel (Mitchell) CAYAMarriage date: abt. 1850
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Michel (Mitchell) CAYA was the child of Michel CAYA and Marie-Angélique HOUDE
Children of Michel (Mitchell) CAYA and Sophie CHAMBERLAND
Oliver Francis CAYA
Born: 16 March 1857, Port Wine, Plumas, California, USA
Died: 10 September 1926, Gustine, Merced County, California, USA
Died: 10 September 1926, Gustine, Merced County, California, USA
Lodine F CAYA
Born: 27 January 1861, Port Wine, Plumas, California, USA
Died: 15 December 1891, La Porte, Plumas, California, USA
Died: 15 December 1891, La Porte, Plumas, California, USA
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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 — 183128 January 1831
Yamaska, Lower 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)
1850 Birth of ChildJosephine Sophia CAYA was born 5 October 1850, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
Sophie was 19 years old.
1857 Birth of ChildOliver Francis CAYA was born 16 March 1857, Port Wine, Plumas, California, USA
Sophie was 26 years old.
1858 Birth of ChildEugenie A CAYA was born 2 December 1858, , California, USA
Sophie was 27 years old.
1861 Birth of ChildLodine F CAYA was born 27 January 1861, Port Wine, Plumas, California, USA
Sophie was 30 years old.
1863 Birth of ChildJoseph Henry CAYA was born 26 May 1863, , California, USA
Sophie was 32 years old.
1867 Death of ChildJoseph Henry CAYA died 2 February 1867, , California, USA
Sophie was 36 years old.
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1875 Birth of ChildCharles M CAYA was born 7 December 1875, , California, USA
Sophie was 44 years old.
1877 Death of ChildJosephine Sophia CAYA died 5 November 1877, , Nevada, USA
Sophie was 46 years old.
Death — 188220 January 1882
Port Wine, Plumas, California, USA
She died at the age of 51.
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Port Wine Cemetery Sierra County, California, USA
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