Joseph-Louis CAYA
Born: 13 November 1801, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 22 March 1803, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 22 March 1803, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne
DESHAIES dite ST-CYR
Born
12 March 1778
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died
11 December 1855
,
Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East
Parents & Family of Marie-Anne DESHAIES dite ST-CYR
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Born: 12 March 1778 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Mother:
Geneviève BILLY dite COURVILLE
Paternal grandparents:
Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR
, Marguerite-Agathe LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE
Maternal grandparents:
Jean-Francois BILLY dit COURVILLE
, Madeleine PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Anne married Joseph-Louis CAYA 28 October 1800 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 15 children.
Joseph-Louis CAYA was born 11 May 1779 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph-Louis died 21 March 1839 in Sherbrooke, Lower Canada. Joseph-Louis was the child of Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Elisabeth Isabelle BOUDROT (BOUDREAU).
Marie-Anne DESHAIES dite ST-CYR died 11 December 1855 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East .
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Spouse & Children of Marie-Anne DESHAIES dite ST-CYR
Marie-Anne DESHAIES dite ST-CYR married 
Joseph-Louis CAYA
Marriage date: 28 October 1800
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
Joseph-Louis CAYA was the child of Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Elisabeth Isabelle BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)
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
Joseph-Louis CAYAMarriage date: 28 October 1800
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
Joseph-Louis CAYA was the child of Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Elisabeth Isabelle BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)
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-Louis CAYA and Marie-Anne DESHAIES dite ST-CYR
Marie CAYA
Married: Antoine FLEURANT dit PINARD-BEAUCHEMIN 26 February 1827 Place: Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne CAYA
Born: 21 February 1804, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 10 January 1870, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada
Died: 10 January 1870, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada
Angele CAYA
Born: 13 October 1805, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Joseph LEMIRE dit FOUCAULT 21 September 1830 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Michel-Louis CAYA
Born: 28 November 1807, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Suzanne GILL 28 February 1832 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Louise CAYA
Born: 1 April 1809, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 23 March 1840, Sherbrooke, Lower Canada
Died: 23 March 1840, Sherbrooke, Lower Canada
Married: Simon BOUDREAU 18 June 1838 Place: Sherbrooke, Lower Canada
Joseph-Louis CAYA
Born: 22 August 1814, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Angelique BENOIT 24 February 1835 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
David CAYA
Born: 20 October 1816, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 19 February 1817, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 19 February 1817, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Sophie CAYA
Born: 28 May 1820, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 6 September 1820, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 6 September 1820, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Mathilde CAYA
Born: 25 December 1821, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 10 July 1892, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada
Died: 10 July 1892, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada
Married: Charles DESSAINT 19 October 1840 Place: Sherbrooke, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne CAYA
Born: abt. 1827, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Theophile PROULX 5 November 1855 Place: Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East
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Québec Genealogy Notes
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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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Père: Pierre DESHAIES-ST-CYR
Mère: Genevieve COURVILLE
Notes: Aussi Marie Deshaies-St-Cyr.
Naissance: 12 MAR 1778, Becancour, Nicolet, QC
Baptême: 13 MAR 1778, Becancour, Nicolet, QC
Nom au baptême: Marie-Anne DESHAIES-CYRENNE
Par/ mar: Joseph Provencher et Marie Thibault.
Décès: 11 DEC 1855, Pierreville, Yamaska, QC
Sépulture: 13 DEC 1855, St-Thomas-de-Pierreville, Yamaska, QC
Dcd: 80a.
Mère: Genevieve COURVILLE
Notes: Aussi Marie Deshaies-St-Cyr.
Naissance: 12 MAR 1778, Becancour, Nicolet, QC
Baptême: 13 MAR 1778, Becancour, Nicolet, QC
Nom au baptême: Marie-Anne DESHAIES-CYRENNE
Par/ mar: Joseph Provencher et Marie Thibault.
Décès: 11 DEC 1855, Pierreville, Yamaska, QC
Sépulture: 13 DEC 1855, St-Thomas-de-Pierreville, Yamaska, QC
Dcd: 80a.
Birth — 177812 March 1778
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1800 Marriage / PartnerMarie-Anne DESHAIES dite ST-CYR and Joseph-Louis CAYA 28 October 1800, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
She was 22 years old.
1800 marriage
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1801 Birth of ChildJoseph-Louis CAYA was born 13 November 1801, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne was 23 years old.
1803 Birth of ChildMarie-Elisabeth CAYA was born 26 January 1803, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne was 24 years old.
1803 Death of ChildJoseph-Louis CAYA died 22 March 1803, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne was 25 years old.
1804 Birth of ChildMarie CAYA was born 21 February 1804, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
Marie-Anne was 25 years old.
1804 Birth of ChildMarie-Anne CAYA was born 21 February 1804, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne was 25 years old.
1805 Birth of ChildAngele CAYA was born 13 October 1805, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne was 27 years old.
1807 Birth of ChildMichel-Louis CAYA was born 28 November 1807, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne was 29 years old.
1809 Birth of ChildMarie-Louise CAYA was born 1 April 1809, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne was 31 years old.
1810 Birth of ChildJulie CAYA was born 13 September 1810, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne was 32 years old.
1812 Birth of ChildBenoni CAYA was born 12 September 1812, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)
Marie-Anne was 34 years old.
1814 Birth of ChildJoseph-Louis CAYA was born 22 August 1814, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne was 36 years old.
1816 Birth of ChildDavid CAYA was born 20 October 1816, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne was 38 years old.
1817 Death of ChildDavid CAYA died 19 February 1817, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne was 38 years old.
1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.1818 Birth of ChildAlexandre CAYA was born 18 March 1818, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne was 40 years old.
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1820 Birth of ChildSophie CAYA was born 28 May 1820, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne was 42 years old.
1821 Birth of ChildMathilde CAYA was born 25 December 1821, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne was 43 years old.
1827 Marriage of ChildMarie CAYA married 26 February 1827, Nicolet, Lower Canada to Antoine FLEURANT dit PINARD-BEAUCHEMIN
1827 Death of ChildMarie CAYA died 24 December 1827, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)
Marie-Anne was 49 years old.
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1830 Marriage of ChildAngele CAYA married 21 September 1830, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada to Joseph LEMIRE dit FOUCAULT
1832 Marriage of ChildMichel-Louis CAYA married 28 February 1832, , Québec Province, Canada to Suzanne GILL
1835 Marriage of ChildJoseph-Louis CAYA married 24 February 1835, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada to Angelique BENOIT
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1838 Marriage of ChildMarie-Louise CAYA married 18 June 1838, Sherbrooke, Lower Canada to Simon BOUDREAU
1839 Death of Spouse/PartnerJoseph-Louis CAYA died 21 March 1839, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
1840 Death of ChildMarie-Louise CAYA died 23 March 1840, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne was 62 years old.
1840 Marriage of ChildMathilde CAYA married 19 October 1840, Sherbrooke, Lower Canada to Charles DESSAINT
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)
1844 Marriage of ChildAlexandre CAYA married 13 November 1844, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East to Julie LEBLANC
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, 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.Death — 185511 December 1855
Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East
She died at the age of 77.
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