Apolline (Pauline) ALEXANDRE

Born

22 December 1839 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

23 February 1861 , Montréal, Canada East

Age: 22

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Joseph-Jacques ALEXANDRE Apolline LEDUC

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Born: 22 December 1839 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Jacques ALEXANDRE

Mother: Apolline LEDUC

Paternal grandparents: Jacques ALEXANDRE , Josephte BONNEAU

Maternal grandparents: Paul Isidore LEDUC , Marie Geneviève RACINE

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

Apolline (Pauline) married Jean Baptiste (John) CAYA 30 April 1860 in Montréal, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean Baptiste (John) CAYA was born 25 May 1837 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. Jean Baptiste (John) died 29 March 1882 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jean Baptiste (John) was the child of Joseph CAYA and Elisabeth HOUDE (HOULE) LECLAIR.

Apolline (Pauline) ALEXANDRE died 23 February 1861 in Montréal, Canada East .

Burial info: concession number 00183, section H

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Spouse & Children of Apolline (Pauline) ALEXANDRE

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Apolline (Pauline) ALEXANDRE married

Jean Baptiste (John) CAYA
Marriage date: 30 April 1860
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Jean Baptiste (John) CAYA was the child of Joseph CAYA and Elisabeth HOUDE (HOULE) LECLAIR

Marriage notes:

Marriage: On April 30, 1860 in Notre-Dame

Town-District: Montreal-Communaute-Urbaine-De-Montreal

Between Jean-Baptiste Caya and Appolline Alexandre

His parents: Francois Caya and Elisabeth Leclaire

Her parents: Jacques Alexandre and Appolline Leduc

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Children of Jean Baptiste (John) CAYA and Apolline (Pauline) ALEXANDRE

Marie-Heloise CAYA

Born: 6 February 1861, Montréal, Canada East
Died: 28 May 1862, Montréal, Canada East

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Birth — 1839
22 December 1839
La Prairie, Lower Canada

Baptism

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1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

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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

1860 Marriage / Partner
Apolline (Pauline) ALEXANDRE and Jean Baptiste (John) CAYA 30 April 1860, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 20 years old.

Apolline (Pauline) ALEXANDRE - 1860 Marriage. Notre Dame De Montreal, P.Q.

1860 Marriage. Notre Dame De Montreal, P.Q.

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1861 Burial
Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1900
name: Apolline Alexandre
event: BURIAL
event date: 23 Feb 1861
event place: Notre-Dame-de-Montréal, Montréal, Canada
age: 22
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spouse: Jean Baptiste Caya
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reference number: 320
film number: 1031679
digital folder number: 4270703
image number: 00208

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Death — 1861
23 February 1861
Montréal, Canada East
She died at the age of 21.

1861 Birth of Child
Marie-Heloise CAYA was born 6 February 1861, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Apolline (Pauline) was 21 years old.