Ludger CAYA

(b. 20 December 1842 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East d. 9 February 1929 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )

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Ludger CAYA was born 20 December 1842 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

Ludger CAYA was the child of Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN and Marguerite HOUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Josephte VANASSE PRÉCOURT (maternal) Alexis-Clair HOUDE and Marie-Angélique CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

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

Ludger married Marie Emma CONNOLLY 13 October 1896 in Ste-Brigitte Des Saults, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada . Marie Emma CONNOLLY was born 25 March 1849 in St-Frédéric Wickham, Drummond, Quebec, Canada. Marie Emma died 1 January 1921 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie Emma was the child of Felix CONNOLLY and Marguerite COURCHESNE.

Ludger married (2) Alma GILL 11 May 1922 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada . Alma GILL was born 7 August 1855 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas). Alma died 3 July 1935 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre).

Ludger CAYA died 9 February 1929 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada .
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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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Marie Emma CONNOLLY-- Date: 13 October 1896 Place: Ste-Brigitte Des Saults, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
Marie Emma CONNOLLY was the child of Felix CONNOLLY and Marguerite COURCHESNE

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Alma GILL-- Date: 11 May 1922 Place: Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada

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1842 Birth
20 December 1842
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

Biography
Occupation: Cultivateur
Naissance: 1842, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC
Décès: 9 FEB 1929, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC
Sépulture: 11 FEB 1929, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC
Dcd: 87a.
Conjoint(1): Emma CONNOLLY, (m. 13 OCT 1896, Ste-Brigitte-des-Saults, Nicolet, QC)
Conjoint(2): Alma GILL, (m. 11 MAY 1922, St-Thomas-de-Pierreville, Yamaska, QC)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 Marriage / Partner
Ludger CAYA and Marie Emma CONNOLLY 13 October 1896, Ste-Brigitte Des Saults, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada

He was 53 years old.

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada