Marguerite CAYA (CAILLA)

(b. 3 December 1751 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 12 November 1845 , Saint-Stanislas-de-la-Rivières-des-Envies, Champlain, Canada East )

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Marguerite CAYA (CAILLA) was born 3 December 1751 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Marguerite CAYA (CAILLA) was the child of Jean CAYA (CAILLA) and Marie-Françoise TROTTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre CAILLA (CAILLE) (CAILLEAU) (CAYA) and Marie-Thérèse HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE) (maternal) Augustin TROTTIER and Angélique-Marie LEFEBVRE

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Marguerite married François-Amable MARCHAND 12 May 1777 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . François-Amable MARCHAND was born 18 July 1753 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). François-Amable was the child of Louis-Joachim MARCHAND and Marie-Josephte RIVARD.

Marguerite CAYA (CAILLA) died 12 November 1845 in Saint-Stanislas-de-la-Rivières-des-Envies, Champlain, Canada East.
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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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François-Amable MARCHAND-- Date: 12 May 1777 Place: Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
François-Amable MARCHAND was the child of Louis-Joachim MARCHAND and Marie-Josephte RIVARD

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1751 Birth
3 December 1751
Batiscan, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite CAYA (CAILLA) and François-Amable MARCHAND 12 May 1777, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

She was 25 years old.

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

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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 - 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)