Grave has been located flag male ancestor  Michel (Mitchell)  CAYA

  (b. 2 August 1816 Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada   d. 24 February 1890 Port Wine, Plumas, California, USA )  

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Michel (Mitchell) CAYA was born 2 August 1816 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Michel (Mitchell) CAYA was the child of Michel CAYA   and   Marie-Angélique HOUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Elisabeth Isabelle BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) (maternal)  Alexis-Clair HOUDE and Marie-Angélique CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

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

Michel (Mitchell)  married  Sophie CHAMBERLAND abt. 1850 .  The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Sophie CHAMBERLAND  was born 28 January 1831 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska).  Sophie died 20 January 1882 in Port Wine, Plumas, California, USA.  Sophie was the child of Charles CHAMBERLAND and Therese RIVARD.

Michel (Mitchell) CAYA died 24 February 1890 in Port Wine, Plumas, California, USA.
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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.

Family and Children of Michel (Mitchell) CAYA

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Michel (Mitchell) CAYA married Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Sophie CHAMBERLAND-- Date: abt. 1850 Place: 
Sophie CHAMBERLAND was the child of Charles CHAMBERLAND and Therese RIVARD




Children of Michel (Mitchell) CAYA and Sophie CHAMBERLAND:

flag female ancestor Josephine Sophia CAYA (b.5 October 1850, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA  d. 5 November 1877, , Nevada, USA)

flag male ancestor Oliver Francis CAYA (b.16 March 1857, Port Wine, Plumas, California, USA  d. 10 September 1926,  Gustine, Merced County, California, USA)

flag female ancestor Eugenie A CAYA (b.2 December 1858, , California, USA  d. 3 August 1945, San Jose, California, USA)

flag female ancestor Lodine F CAYA (b.27 January 1861, Port Wine, Plumas, California, USA  d. 15 December 1891, La Porte, Plumas, California, USA)

flag boy ancestor Joseph Henry CAYA (b.26 May 1863, , California, USA  d. 2 February 1867, , California, USA)

flag female ancestor Annie L CAYA (b.abt. 1867, , California, USA  d. 8 May 1928, San Jose, California, USA)

flag male ancestor Charles M CAYA (b.7 December 1875, , California, USA  d. 11 February 1933, San Jose, California, USA)



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birth1816 Birth
2 August 1816
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Baptism
Naissance: 2 AUG 1816, St-Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska, QC
Baptême: 3 AUG 1816, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC
Par/ mar: Joseph Janelle et Marguerite Houde (soeur).
À son baptême sa mère est dite Marie Houde.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1850 Birth of Child
Josephine Sophia CAYA was born 5 October 1850, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA

Michel (Mitchell) was 34 years old.
1857 Birth of Child
Oliver Francis CAYA was born 16 March 1857, Port Wine, Plumas, California, USA

Michel (Mitchell) was 40 years old.
1858 Birth of Child
Eugenie A CAYA was born 2 December 1858, , California, USA

Michel (Mitchell) was 42 years old.
1861 Birth of Child
Lodine F CAYA was born 27 January 1861, Port Wine, Plumas, California, USA

Michel (Mitchell) was 44 years old.
1863 Birth of Child
Joseph Henry CAYA was born 26 May 1863, , California, USA

Michel (Mitchell) was 46 years old.
1867 Death of Child
Joseph Henry CAYA died 2 February 1867, , California, USA

Michel (Mitchell) was 50 years old.
1875 Birth of Child
Charles M CAYA was born 7 December 1875, , California, USA

Michel (Mitchell) was 59 years old.
1877 Death of Child
Josephine Sophia CAYA died 5 November 1877, , Nevada, USA

Michel (Mitchell) was 61 years old.
1882 Death of Spouse/Partner
Sophie CHAMBERLAND died 20 January 1882, Port Wine, Plumas, California, USA
Michel (Mitchell) CAYA - Grave
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Port Wine Cemetery Sierra County, California, USA

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death1890 Death
24 February 1890
Port Wine, Plumas, California, USA

He died at the age of 73.

Michel is buried at: Port Wine Cemetery Sierra County, California, USA
Added: 10/25/2020 12:37:39 PM - Updated: 4/16/2025 8:25:07 PM

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