Jean-Evangeliste CAYA (CAILLA)

(b. 26 December 1805 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 3 March 1891 , Tingwick, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Evangeliste CAYA (CAILLA) was born 26 December 1805 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Jean-Evangeliste CAYA (CAILLA) was the child of Louis-Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Josephte VANASSE PRÉCOURT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Marie-Anne TROTTIER dite BEAUBIEN (maternal) Gabriel VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT and Marguerite AUBRY

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

Jean-Evangeliste married Scholastique HOUDE 18 August 1834 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Scholastique HOUDE was born 3 December 1811 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Scholastique was the child of Alexis-Clair HOUDE and Marie-Angélique CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE.

Jean-Evangeliste CAYA (CAILLA) died 3 March 1891 in Tingwick, Québec, Canada .
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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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Family and Children of Jean-Evangeliste CAYA (CAILLA)

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Jean-Evangeliste CAYA (CAILLA) married

Scholastique HOUDE-- Date: 18 August 1834 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Scholastique HOUDE was the child of Alexis-Clair HOUDE and Marie-Angélique CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

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Children of Jean-Evangeliste CAYA (CAILLA) and Scholastique HOUDE:

Scholastique CAYA (b.9 June 1835, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 10 June 1835, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

Jean-Alphonse CAYA (b.25 July 1836, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. , )

Albert CAYA (b.4 June 1838, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. , )

Didace CAYA (b.25 January 1840, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. , )

William CAYA (b.abt. 1851, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie LAMBERT 6 September 1886

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1805 Birth
26 December 1805
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Evangeliste CAYA (CAILLA) and Scholastique HOUDE 18 August 1834, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 28 years old.

Jean-Evangeliste CAYA (CAILLA) - 1834 marriage

1834 marriage

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

1835 Birth of Child
Scholastique CAYA was born 9 June 1835, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Jean-Evangeliste was 29 years old.

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

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

Jean-Evangeliste was 30 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

Jean-Evangeliste was 32 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
Didace CAYA was born 25 January 1840, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Jean-Evangeliste was 34 years old.

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)

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.