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  (b. 5 October 1850 ,  Woburn, Massachusetts, USA   d. 5 November 1877 ,  Nevada, USA )  

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Josephine Sophia CAYA was born 5 October 1850 in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA

Josephine Sophia CAYA was the child of Michel (Mitchell) CAYA   and   Sophie CHAMBERLAND and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Michel CAYA and Marie-Angélique HOUDE (maternal)  Charles CHAMBERLAND and Therese RIVARD

Josephine Sophia CAYA died 5 November 1877 in Nevada, USA.





m. Henri Isaie Desrosiers
30 November 1867
Plumas County, California

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birth1850 Birth
5 October 1850
Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
death1877 Death
5 November 1877
Nevada, USA

She died at the age of 27.
Added: 4/8/2025 10:55:00 AM - Updated: 4/8/2025 10:55:00 AM
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