Marie-Anne CAYA

(b. 21 February 1804 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada d. 10 January 1870 , Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

Am I Your Ancestor?
CAYA Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!

What started out as our family is now your’s too!

Marie-Anne CAYA was born 21 February 1804 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Marie-Anne CAYA was the child of Joseph-Louis CAYA and Marie-Anne DESHAIES dite ST-CYR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Elisabeth Isabelle BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) (maternal) Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) ST-CYR and Geneviève BILLY dite COURVILLE

Marie-Anne CAYA died 10 January 1870 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada .

m. Theophile PROULX, (m. 5 NOV 1855, St-Thomas-de-Pierreville, Yamaska, QC)

Details of the family tree of Marie-Anne appear below.

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.

A Glimpse into the Life of the Average Woman in Mid-19th Century Quebec

The Definitive Guide for Researching Your French-Canadian Ancestors in 2025

Share the History, Life Events, and Stories of Marie-Anne CAYA
(Add details like birth, baptism, census records, military service, obituary, personal achievements, and more.)

[Hide/Show]

Discovering the Ancestry of Marie-Anne CAYA: Events, Photos & Historical Records

1804 Birth
21 February 1804
Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Biography
CAYA, Marie-Anne
Naissance: 21 FEB 1804, St-Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska, QC
Baptême: 21 FEB 1804, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC
Par/ mar: François Deshais et Marie-Anna Cailla (oncle/ tante).
Décès: 10 JAN 1870, Pierreville, Yamaska, QC
Sépulture: 12 JAN 1870, St-Thomas-de-Pierreville, Yamaska, QC
Dcd: 66 ans.
Conjoint: Theophile PROULX, (m. 5 NOV 1855, St-Thomas-de-Pierreville, Yamaska, QC)

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

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.