Joseph CAYER

(b. 28 February 1771 , Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 September 1868 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Joseph CAYER was born 28 February 1771 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph CAYER was the child of Alexis CAYA (CAILLA) (CAYER) and Marie-Anne DUVAL and the grandchild of: (maternal) Etienne DUVAL and Marie-Anne DUPONT

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Joseph married Marie-Josephte PAILLE 28 November 1793 in Louiseville, Lower Canada . Marie-Josephte PAILLE was born 31 October 1775 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Marie-Josephte died 11 June 1822 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marie-Josephte was the child of Hippolite PAILLÉ and Marie-Anne LESIEUR.

Joseph CAYER died 29 September 1868 in Québec Province, Canada.
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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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marie-Josephte PAILLE-- Date: 28 November 1793 Place: Louiseville, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte PAILLE was the child of Hippolite PAILLÉ and Marie-Anne LESIEUR

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1771 Birth
28 February 1771
Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Marriage / Partner
Joseph CAYER and Marie-Josephte PAILLE 28 November 1793, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 22 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1822 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephte PAILLE died 11 June 1822, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

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

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

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

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.