Pierre CAILLA (CAILLE) (CAILLEAU) (CAYA)

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19 February 1665 , Champlain, Canada, New France

Died

14 September 1744 , Champlain, Canada, New France

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Pierre CAILLA (CAILLE) (CAILLEAU) (CAYA)Marie-Olive LANDRY

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Born: 19 February 1665 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre CAILLA (CAILLE) (CAILLEAU) (CAYA)

Mother: Marie-Olive LANDRY

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Pierre married Marie-Thérèse HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE) 31 January 1690 in Champlain, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marie-Thérèse HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE) was born abt. 1669 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Thérèse died 24 July 1724 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Marie-Thérèse was the child of René HOURE dit GRANDMONT (AURE) and Marie-Denise DAMANÉ.

Pierre CAILLA (CAILLE) (CAILLEAU) (CAYA) died 14 September 1744 in Champlain, Canada, New France .

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Title Our French-Canadian ancestors, Volume XXIX
Our French-Canadian Ancestors, Gérard Lebel, ISBN 0914163000, 9780914163008
Authors Gérard Lebel, Thomas J. Laforest
Translated by Thomas J. Laforest

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Spouse & Children of Pierre CAILLA (CAILLE) (CAILLEAU) (CAYA)

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Pierre CAILLA (CAILLE) (CAILLEAU) (CAYA) married

Marie-Thérèse HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE)
Marriage date: 31 January 1690
Marriage place: Champlain, Canada, New France
Source: Société de Généalogie Les Patriotes Inc. Index des mariages de la région de Sorel, Québec, Canada
A People's History of Quebec

Marie-Thérèse HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE) was the child of René HOURE dit GRANDMONT (AURE) and Marie-Denise DAMANÉ

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Children of Pierre CAILLA (CAILLE) (CAILLEAU) (CAYA) and Marie-Thérèse HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE)

Marie-Thérèse CAYA (CAILLA)

Born: 20 February 1691, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: 9 August 1691, Champlain, Canada, New France

Pierre CAYA (CAILLA)

Born: 15 June 1692, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: 14 October 1766, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Catherine NEVEU 12 January 1722 Place: Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Married: Marguerite BRISSET 4 February 1743 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Josephte CAYA (CAILLA)

Born: 8 March 1694, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: 30 October 1779, Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph-Louis MERCEREAU dit LASAVANE 13 January 1715 Place: Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Married: François LUCAS dit DONTIGNY 27 August 1724 Place: Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Marie-Anne CAYA (CAILLA)

Born: 20 October 1696, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: 22 November 1774, La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre RIVARD dit LANOUETTE 4 June 1721 Place: Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Marie-Thérèse CAYA (CAILLA)

Born: 4 January 1700, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: 6 December 1762, Batiscan, Canada

Married: Antoine RIVARD dit LANOUETTE 30 April 1736 Place: Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Jean CAYA (CAILLA)

Born: 9 June 1702, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: 30 April 1792, Batiscan, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite MARCHAND 8 January 1739 Place: Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Married: Marie-Françoise TROTTIER 27 June 1745 Place: Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Alexis CAYA (CAILLA)

Born: 3 March 1704, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: 11 April 1772, Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada

Anne-Madeleine CAYA (CAILLA)

Born: 4 September 1706, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Joseph TURCOT (TURCOTTE) 5 February 1731 Place: Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Joseph CAYA (CAILLA)

Born: 20 September 1708, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1759, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne TROTTIER dite BEAUBIEN 16 August 1739 Place: Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

François CAYA (CAILLA)

Born: 4 November 1711, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: 4 September 1723, Champlain, Canada, New France

Marc-Antoine CAYA (CAILLA)

Born: 25 April 1714, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Louise-Charlotte CHEVREFILS 17 November 1749 Place: Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Geneviève CAYA (CAILLA)

Born: 8 April 1716, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: 25 December 1749, Montréal, Canada, New France

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From The Ancestral Home Newsletter www.acadian-home.org/ newsletter-issue-3.html

'An interesting thing occurred...the spelling of the name changed to Cailla. It is not known the exact reason the spelling was changed but it is most likely due to the fact that most people in that time did not write. When they were married or had a child christened the priest would record the names based on his phonetic spelling of the name as it was pronounced. It is because of this there are many variants of the spelling of the family name including Cayo, Cayer, Cayeaux, Caillat, Cailler and others. Pierre married Therese Houray on January 31, 1690. Miss Houray is believed to have been the daughter of the second seigneur (landlord) of Champlain making her part of a family of great social standing. This marriage is significant because it indicates Pierre Cailla was in very good social standing with the politically connected of the time. At this time, marriage was very important as the most...Read full story

Pierre CAILLA (CAILLE) (CAILLEAU) (CAYA) - Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis

Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie
Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie, Cyprien Tanguay
Author Cyprien Tanguay
Published 1871
Original from Oxford University
Digitized Jun 9, 2006
Page 99

Birth — 1665
19 February 1665
Champlain, Canada, New France

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1681 Canadian Census Champlain
Pierre Caillas (Cailleteau ou Cailleau ou Cayas), 50
Marie-(Olive) Landry (veuve du Pierre Poupot), sa femme, 50
Pierre, leur fils, 17

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1690 Marriage / Partner
Pierre CAILLA (CAILLE) (CAILLEAU) (CAYA) and Marie-Thérèse HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE) 31 January 1690, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

He was 24 years old.

Pierre CAILLA (CAILLE) (CAILLEAU) (CAYA) - Marriage - Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation, Champlain, QC, Canada

Marriage - Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation, Champlain, QC, Canada

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1691 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse CAYA (CAILLA) was born 20 February 1691, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Pierre was 26 years old.

1692 Birth of Child
Pierre CAYA (CAILLA) was born 15 June 1692, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Pierre was 27 years old.

1694 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte CAYA (CAILLA) was born 8 March 1694, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Pierre was 29 years old.

1696 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne CAYA (CAILLA) was born 20 October 1696, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Pierre was 31 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1700 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse CAYA (CAILLA) was born 4 January 1700, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Pierre was 34 years old.

1702 Birth of Child
Jean CAYA (CAILLA) was born 9 June 1702, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Pierre was 37 years old.

1704 Birth of Child
Alexis CAYA (CAILLA) was born 3 March 1704, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Pierre was 39 years old.

1706 Birth of Child
Anne-Madeleine CAYA (CAILLA) was born 4 September 1706, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Pierre was 41 years old.

1708 Birth of Child
Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) was born 20 September 1708, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Pierre was 43 years old.

1711 Birth of Child
François CAYA (CAILLA) was born 4 November 1711, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Pierre was 46 years old.

1714 Birth of Child
Marc-Antoine CAYA (CAILLA) was born 25 April 1714, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Pierre was 49 years old.

1715 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte CAYA (CAILLA) married 13 January 1715, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Joseph-Louis MERCEREAU dit LASAVANE

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1716 Birth of Child
Geneviève CAYA (CAILLA) was born 8 April 1716, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Pierre was 51 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1721 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne CAYA (CAILLA) married 4 June 1721, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Pierre RIVARD dit LANOUETTE

1722 Marriage of Child
Pierre CAYA (CAILLA) married 12 January 1722, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Catherine NEVEU

1723 Death of Child
François CAYA (CAILLA) died 4 September 1723, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Pierre was 58 years old.

1724 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Thérèse HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE) died 24 July 1724, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

1724 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte CAYA (CAILLA) married 27 August 1724, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to François LUCAS dit DONTIGNY

1731 Marriage of Child
Anne-Madeleine CAYA (CAILLA) married 5 February 1731, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Joseph TURCOT (TURCOTTE)

1736 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse CAYA (CAILLA) married 30 April 1736, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Antoine RIVARD dit LANOUETTE

1739 Marriage of Child
Jean CAYA (CAILLA) married 8 January 1739, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Marguerite MARCHAND

1739 Marriage of Child
Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) married 16 August 1739, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Marie-Anne TROTTIER dite BEAUBIEN

1743 Marriage of Child
Pierre CAYA (CAILLA) married 4 February 1743, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas) to Marguerite BRISSET