Jean CAYA (CAILLA)

Born

4 September 1743 , Batiscan, Canada, New France

Died

21 January 1836 , Batiscan, Lower Canada

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Jean CAYA (CAILLA)Marguerite MARCHAND

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Born: 4 September 1743 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Father: Jean CAYA (CAILLA)

Mother: Marguerite MARCHAND

Paternal grandparents: Pierre CAILLA (CAILLE) (CAILLEAU) (CAYA) , Marie-Thérèse HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE)

Maternal grandparents: Alexis MARCHAND , Jeanne TESTARD

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Jean married Marguerite CARPENTIER 27 February 1775 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite CARPENTIER was born abt. 1755 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite was the child of Joseph-Marie CARPENTIER dit BAILLY and Josephte BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE.

Jean CAYA (CAILLA) died 21 January 1836 in Batiscan, Lower 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marguerite CARPENTIER
Marriage date: 27 February 1775
Marriage place: Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marguerite CARPENTIER was the child of Joseph-Marie CARPENTIER dit BAILLY and Josephte BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE

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Birth — 1743
4 September 1743
Batiscan, Canada, New France

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1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

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Jean CAYA (CAILLA) and Marguerite CARPENTIER 27 February 1775, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 31 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.