Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN

Born

18 December 1795 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Died

25 February 1872 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN

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Born: 18 December 1795 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Parents of Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN

Father

Louis-Joseph CAYA (CAILLA)

Mother

Josephte VANASSE PRÉCOURT

Grandparents of Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN

Paternal grandparents

Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) Marie-Anne TROTTIER dite BEAUBIEN

Maternal grandparents

Gabriel VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT Marguerite AUBRY

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Marguerite HOUDE 18 June 1820 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 15 children.
Marguerite HOUDE was born 29 October 1798 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . Marguerite died 26 February 1880 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada . Marguerite was the child of Alexis-Clair HOUDE and Marie-Angélique CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE.

Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN died 25 February 1872 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN

Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN married

Marguerite HOUDE
Marriage date: 18 June 1820
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marguerite HOUDE was the child of Alexis-Clair HOUDE and Marie-Angélique CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN and Marguerite HOUDE

Marguerite CAYA

Born: 4 July 1821, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph SENNEVILLE 18 January 1859 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN

Born: 22 October 1822, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 15 January 1899, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada

Marie-Emilie CAYA

Born: 10 May 1824, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Michel COURCHESNE 29 January 1855 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

Joseph CAYA

Born: 29 April 1825, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 15 January 1899, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada

Married: Catherine BOISVERT 28 April 1848 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East

Marie CAYA

Born: 25 October 1826, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Isaie CAYA

Born: 4 June 1827, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 25 October 1903, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada

Married: Tharsile COURCHESNE 9 January 1855 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

Thérèse CAYA

Born: 2 August 1829, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 24 January 1897, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada

Married: Narcisse COURCHESNE 9 January 1855 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

Adelaide CAYA

Born: 10 July 1831, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Louise-Edwidge CAYA

Born: 20 March 1834, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 26 May 1896, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Philomene CAYA

Born: 25 August 1836, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 28 July 1837, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Joseph-Israel CAYA

Born: 4 June 1838, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 27 August 1908, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada

Married: Philomene FAUCHER 20 February 1871 Place: Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Québec, Canada

Married: Aglae BIBEAU 9 February 1875 Place: Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada

Octave CAYA

Born: 16 July 1840, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 13 August 1840, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Pierre-Eugene CAYA

Born: 30 January 1842, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
Died: ,

Ludger CAYA

Born: 20 December 1842, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
Died: 9 February 1929, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie Emma CONNOLLY 13 October 1896

Married: Alma GILL 11 May 1922 Place: Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada

Eliza (Elisa) CAYA

Born: 25 October 1844, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
Died: 30 May 1865, Sorel, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Joseph's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

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

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1795
18 December 1795
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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN and Marguerite HOUDE 18 June 1820, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 24 years old.

1820 marriage

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

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Marguerite CAYA was born 4 July 1821, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 25 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN was born 22 October 1822, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 26 years old.

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

1824 Birth of Child
Marie-Emilie CAYA was born 10 May 1824, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 28 years old.

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

1825 Birth of Child
Joseph CAYA was born 29 April 1825, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 29 years old.

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

1826 Birth of Child
Marie CAYA was born 25 October 1826, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 30 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Isaie CAYA was born 4 June 1827, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 31 years old.

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

1829 Birth of Child
Thérèse CAYA was born 2 August 1829, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 33 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Adelaide CAYA was born 10 July 1831, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 35 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise-Edwidge CAYA was born 20 March 1834, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 38 years old.

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

1836 Birth of Child
Philomene CAYA was born 25 August 1836, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 40 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1837 Death of Child
Philomene CAYA died 28 July 1837, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 41 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Joseph-Israel CAYA was born 4 June 1838, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 42 years old.

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

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

1840 Birth of Child
Octave CAYA was born 16 July 1840, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 44 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Pierre-Eugene CAYA was born 30 January 1842, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 46 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Ludger CAYA was born 20 December 1842, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 47 years old.

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

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

1844 Birth of Child
Eliza (Elisa) CAYA was born 25 October 1844, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 48 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage of Child
Joseph CAYA married 28 April 1848, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East to Catherine BOISVERT

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Isaie CAYA married 9 January 1855, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East to Tharsile COURCHESNE

1855 Marriage of Child
Thérèse CAYA married 9 January 1855, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East to Narcisse COURCHESNE

1855 Marriage of Child
Marie-Emilie CAYA married 29 January 1855, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East to Michel COURCHESNE

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Marguerite CAYA married 18 January 1859, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East to Joseph SENNEVILLE

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Death of Child
Eliza (Elisa) CAYA died 30 May 1865, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 69 years old.

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.