Ancestor is complete! Grave has been located immigrant - Canada to US  female ancestor  Adelaide  BOURDELAIS

  (b. 12 March 1844 Repentigny, Canada East   d. 5 October 1880 Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )  
Age: 37
Cause of Death: metritis (infection of the uterus after delivery)

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Adelaide BOURDELAIS was born 12 March 1844 in Repentigny, Canada East

Adelaide BOURDELAIS was the child of Joseph BRÊME dit BOURDELAIS   and   Marie Adelaide (Adee) ÉTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph BRÊME dit BOURDELAIS and Marie-Charlotte BRISSET (BRISSETTE) (maternal)  Pierre ÉTHIER and Adelaide SÉVIGNY

Adelaide was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1867.

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

Adelaide  married  Charles Augustin BOUTILLET 18 February 1867 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .  Charles Augustin BOUTILLET  was born 13 April 1839 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada.  Charles Augustin died 20 May 1868 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville).  Charles Augustin was the child of François BOUTILLET and Sophie CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE.

Adelaide  married  (2) Jean Baptiste (John) CAYA 19 September 1870 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 5 children.
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.

Adelaide BOURDELAIS died 5 October 1880 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .

Bourdelais Name Meaning
Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair). Many of the modern surnames in the dictionary can be traced back to Britain and Ireland.

Similar surnames: Bourgeois, Bourdeau, Boulais, Mordecai, Bouras, Bourdage, Bordes


Details of the family tree of Adelaide appear below.

Did You Know? 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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