Elisabeth HOUDE (HOULE) LECLAIR

Born

31 August 1805 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Died

21 November 1885 , Montréal, Québec, Canada

Age: 81

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Alexis-Clair HOUDE Marie-Angélique CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

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Born: 31 August 1805 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Father: Alexis-Clair HOUDE

Mother: Marie-Angélique CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

Paternal grandparents: Claude HOUDE , Marie-Marguerite TROTTIER

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE , Élisabeth BENOIT dite LAFOREST

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Elisabeth married Joseph CAYA 7 July 1824 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Joseph CAYA was born 24 May 1802 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Joseph died 9 November 1866 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Joseph was the child of Antoine-Salois CAYA and Marie-Thérèse CARTIER.

Elisabeth HOUDE (HOULE) LECLAIR died 21 November 1885 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .

Burial info: Late's Name: Houle Eliz.claire Spouse's Name: Caya Concession Number: 00003 Section: A Date of Arrival: 21-11-1885

Houde Name Meaning
French: either from the ancient Germanic personal name Hildo a short form of names based on the element hild ‘battle’ or Audo a short form of names based on the element aud ‘wealth’. Compare Hood 6 Houle 1 and Wood

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Houle, Homme, House, Houge, Houze, Bode, Hole, Thode, Hue, Hope

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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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Spouse & Children of Elisabeth HOUDE (HOULE) LECLAIR

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Elisabeth HOUDE (HOULE) LECLAIR married

Joseph CAYA
Marriage date: 7 July 1824
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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Joseph CAYA was the child of Antoine-Salois CAYA and Marie-Thérèse CARTIER

Marriage notes:

Paroisse St-Antoine de-Padoue

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Children of Joseph CAYA and Elisabeth HOUDE (HOULE) LECLAIR

Joseph CAYA

Born: 29 April 1825, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 8 July 1847, Sherbrooke, Canada East

Antoine CAYA

Born: 19 January 1827, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Elisabeth CAYA

Born: 17 November 1828, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Leonard CAYA

Born: 29 October 1830, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Eloise (Héloise) CAYA

Born: 10 October 1832, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 8 August 1902, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis DUGUAY 7 January 1855 Place: Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Marie-Thérèse CAYA

Born: 22 February 1835, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Jean Baptiste (John) CAYA

Born: 25 May 1837, Sherbrooke, Lower Canada
Died: 29 March 1882, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Apolline (Pauline) ALEXANDRE 30 April 1860 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Married: Adelaide BOURDELAIS 19 September 1870 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Philomene CAYA

Born: 20 November 1839, Sherbrooke, Lower Canada
Died: 24 December 1842, Sherbrooke, Canada East

Isaie-Jean CAYA

Born: 7 August 1844, Sherbrooke, Canada East
Died: 15 June 1915, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Julia MAINVILLE 1 October 1867 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Philomene CAYA

Born: 25 October 1846, Sherbrooke, Canada East
Died: 6 December 1924, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph MARTEL 28 February 1870 Place: Stoneham, Massachusetts, USA

Octave CAYA

Born: abt. 1848, , New Hampshire, USA
Died: ,

Married: Mary BEAUDOIN 7 January 1873 Place: Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

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Birth — 1805
31 August 1805
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Elisabeth HOUDE (HOULE) LECLAIR - 1805 Baptism - La-Baie-Du-Febvre Paroisse St-Antoine-De-Padoue Co. Yamaska, P.Q. Naissance: 31 AUG 1805, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC Baptême: 31 A

1805 Baptism - La-Baie-Du-Febvre Paroisse St-Antoine-De-Padoue Co. Yamaska, P.Q.

Naissance: 31 AUG 1805, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC
Baptême: 31 AUG 1805, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC
Par/ mar: Louis Proux et Elisabeth Chevrefils (tante).
Conjoint: Joseph CAYA, (m. 7 JUL 1824, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC)

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth HOUDE (HOULE) LECLAIR and Joseph CAYA 7 July 1824, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She was 18 years old.

Elisabeth HOUDE (HOULE) LECLAIR - 1824 Marriage. Paroisse St-Antoine de-Padoue, Baie Du Febvre, Yamaska, PQ.

1824 Marriage. Paroisse St-Antoine de-Padoue, Baie Du Febvre, Yamaska, PQ.

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Joseph CAYA was born 29 April 1825, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Elisabeth was 19 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Antoine CAYA was born 19 January 1827, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth was 21 years old.

1828 Birth of Child
Elisabeth CAYA was born 17 November 1828, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth was 23 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Leonard CAYA was born 29 October 1830, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth was 25 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Eloise (Héloise) CAYA was born 10 October 1832, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth was 27 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse CAYA was born 22 February 1835, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth was 29 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste (John) CAYA was born 25 May 1837, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth was 31 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Philomene CAYA was born 20 November 1839, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth was 34 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

1842 Death of Child
Philomene CAYA died 24 December 1842, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth was 37 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Isaie-Jean CAYA was born 7 August 1844, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth was 38 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Philomene CAYA was born 25 October 1846, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth was 41 years old.

1847 Death of Child
Joseph CAYA died 8 July 1847, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth was 41 years old.

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Eloise (Héloise) CAYA married 7 January 1855, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA to Louis DUGUAY

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 Manchester, New Hampshire
Living in Manchester in 1860 according to son's marriage record

1860 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste (John) CAYA married 30 April 1860, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Apolline (Pauline) ALEXANDRE

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph CAYA died 9 November 1866, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1867 Marriage of Child
Isaie-Jean CAYA married 1 October 1867, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Julia MAINVILLE

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1870 Marriage of Child
Philomene CAYA married 28 February 1870, Stoneham, Massachusetts, USA to Joseph MARTEL

1870 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste (John) CAYA married 19 September 1870, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Adelaide BOURDELAIS

1873 Marriage of Child
Octave CAYA married 7 January 1873, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA to Mary BEAUDOIN

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 Ste-Jean-Baptiste, Hochelaga, Quebec
Isai CAIA M Male French 33 Quebec Cordonnier Catholique

Julie CAIA M Female French 32 Quebec Catholique

Georgeana CAIA Female French 13 Quebec Catholique

Joseph CAIA Male French 11 Quebec Catholique

Avila CAIA Male French 5 Quebec Catholique

Anna CAIA Female French 4 Quebec Catholique

Raoul CAIA Male French 1 Quebec Catholique

Elizabeth HOULE W Female French 73 Quebec Catholique

Name: Elizabeth Houle
Title:
Gender: Female
Age: 73y
Calulated Birth Year: 1808
Birthplace: Quebec
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation:
Ethnic Origin: French
Religion: Catholique
Head of Household: Isaí Caía
Born During Last Year:
Census Place: St-Jean-Baptiste (Village), Hochelaga, Quebec, Canada
District Number: 91
Sub District: A
Division: 3
Page Number: 60
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1881 Canadian Census
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1882 Death of Child
Jean Baptiste (John) CAYA died 29 March 1882, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Elisabeth was 76 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)