Mathilde CAYA

Born

25 December 1821 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Died

10 July 1892 , Stanstead, Quebec, Canada

Mathilde married Charles DESSAINT 19 October 1840 in Sherbrooke, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles DESSAINT was born 6 October 1819 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . Charles was the child of Charles DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE and Marguerite LAFOND .

Parents & Family of Mathilde CAYA

Parents of Mathilde CAYA

Father

Joseph-Louis CAYA

Mother

Marie-Anne DESHAIES dite ST-CYR

Grandparents of Mathilde CAYA

Paternal grandparents

Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) Elisabeth Isabelle BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Maternal grandparents

Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) ST-CYR Geneviève BILLY dite COURVILLE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Mathilde CAYA

Mathilde CAYA married

Charles DESSAINT
Marriage date: 19 October 1840
Marriage place: Sherbrooke, Lower Canada
Charles DESSAINT was the child of Charles DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE and Marguerite LAFOND

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

Children of Charles DESSAINT and Mathilde CAYA

Mathilde DESSAINT (DESINDES)

Born: 16 August 1841, Sherbrooke, Canada East
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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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Baptism

Naissance: 25 DEC 1821, St-Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska, QC
Baptême: 25 DEC 1821, St-Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska, QC
Par/ mar: Joseph Houll et Josephte Janel.

Birth — 1821
25 December 1821
Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Mathilde CAYA and Charles DESSAINT 19 October 1840, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Mathilde DESSAINT (DESINDES) was born 16 August 1841, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Mathilde was 19 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)

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.