Eloise (Héloise) CAYA

(b. 10 October 1832 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada d. 8 August 1902 , Montréal, Québec, Canada )

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Eloise (Héloise) CAYA was born 10 October 1832 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Eloise (Héloise) CAYA was the child of Joseph CAYA and Elisabeth HOUDE (HOULE) LECLAIR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine-Salois CAYA and Marie-Thérèse CARTIER (maternal) Alexis-Clair HOUDE and Marie-Angélique CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

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

Eloise (Héloise) married Louis DUGUAY 7 January 1855 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Louis DUGUAY was born 11 August 1834 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Louis died 16 May 1866 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Louis was the child of Louis DUGUAY and Josephe CÔTÉ.

Eloise (Héloise) CAYA died 8 August 1902 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .

Burial info: Late's Name: Caya Heloise Spouse's Name: Duguay "d" Concession Number: 00003 Section: A Date of Arrival: 08-08-1902

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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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Family and Children of Eloise (Héloise) CAYA

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Eloise (Héloise) CAYA married

Louis DUGUAY-- Date: 7 January 1855 Place: Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Louis DUGUAY was the child of Louis DUGUAY and Josephe CÔTÉ

Children of Louis DUGUAY and Eloise (Héloise) CAYA:

Louis Joseph DUGUAY (b.3 January 1856, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA d. 24 April 1920, St Louis, Missouri, USA)
m. Marie Josephine RUEST 7 November 1881 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

John Henry DUGUAY (b.25 April 1857, Malden, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 November 1927, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Normandie ROUSSEAU 25 February 1889 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Georges-Alfred DUGUAY (b.22 March 1860, Montréal, Canada East d. 14 July 1937, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Louise-Florine CHAGNON 14 September 1885 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Marie-Malvina DUGUAY (b.26 October 1861, Montréal, Canada East d. 9 July 1862, Montréal, Canada East )

Marie-Louise DUGUAY (b.29 January 1863, Montréal, Canada East d. 9 January 1864, Montréal, Canada East )

Marie-Philomene DUGUAY (b.8 June 1864, Montréal, Canada East d. 3 March 1868, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

Marie-Georgina DUGUAY (b.5 December 1865, Montréal, Canada East d. 18 August 1866, Montréal, Canada East )

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1832 Birth
10 October 1832
Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Eloise (Héloise) CAYA - Baptism Naissance: 10 OCT 1832, St-Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska, QC Baptême: 11 OCT 1832, St-Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska, QC Par/mar: Joseph Caya et Mar

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Naissance: 10 OCT 1832, St-Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska, QC
Baptême: 11 OCT 1832, St-Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska, QC
Par/ mar: Joseph Caya et Mariane Caya.

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The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

Merrimacke, Hillsborough, New Hampshire (18 Sept 1850)
Joseph Caya, age 48, laborer, born in Canada
Elizabeth Caya, age 44, born in Canada
John Caya, age 12, born in Canada, attends school
Isaie Caya, age 6, born in Canada, attends school
Joseph Caya, age 2, born in New Hampshire
Eliza Caya, age 18, born in Canada
Hannah Caya, age 20, born in Canada
Mary Caya, age 16, born in Canada
Philomene Caya, age 4, born in Canada
1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 / Partner
Eloise (Héloise) CAYA and Louis DUGUAY 7 January 1855, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

She was 22 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Louis Joseph DUGUAY was born 3 January 1856, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Eloise (Héloise) was 23 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
John Henry DUGUAY was born 25 April 1857, Malden, Massachusetts, USA

Eloise (Héloise) was 24 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Birth of Child
Georges-Alfred DUGUAY was born 22 March 1860, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Eloise (Héloise) was 27 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Marie-Malvina DUGUAY was born 26 October 1861, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Eloise (Héloise) was 29 years old.

1862 Death of Child
Marie-Malvina DUGUAY died 9 July 1862, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Eloise (Héloise) was 29 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DUGUAY was born 29 January 1863, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Eloise (Héloise) was 30 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Child
Marie-Louise DUGUAY died 9 January 1864, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Eloise (Héloise) was 31 years old.

1864 Birth of Child
Marie-Philomene DUGUAY was born 8 June 1864, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Eloise (Héloise) was 31 years old.

1865 Birth of Child
Marie-Georgina DUGUAY was born 5 December 1865, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Eloise (Héloise) was 33 years old.

1866 Death of Husband
Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1900
name: Louis Duguay
event: BURIAL
event date: 19 May 1866
event place: Notre-Dame-de-Montréal, Montréal, Canada
age: 31
previous spouse:
father:
father living:
mother:
mother living:
parents' residence:
spouse: Héloïse Caya
spouse's previous husband:
spouse living: Non
spouse's father:
spouse's father living:
spouse's mother:
spouse's mother living:
spouse's parents' residence:
reference number: 979
film number: 1031681
digital folder number: 4270705
image number: 00289

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1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis DUGUAY died 16 May 1866, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1866 Death of Child
Marie-Georgina DUGUAY died 18 August 1866, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Eloise (Héloise) was 33 years old.

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.

1868 Death of Child
Marie-Philomene DUGUAY died 3 March 1868, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Eloise (Héloise) was 35 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Louis Joseph DUGUAY married 7 November 1881, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marie Josephine RUEST

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

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

1885 Marriage of Child
Georges-Alfred DUGUAY married 14 September 1885, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Marie-Louise-Florine CHAGNON

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)

1889 Marriage of Child
John Henry DUGUAY married 25 February 1889, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marie-Normandie ROUSSEAU

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 - 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