Marguerite HOUDE

(b. 29 October 1798 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 26 February 1880 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite HOUDE was born 29 October 1798 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Marguerite HOUDE was the child of Alexis-Clair HOUDE and Marie-Angélique CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude HOUDE and Marie-Marguerite TROTTIER (maternal) Jean-Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE and Élisabeth BENOIT dite LAFOREST

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

Marguerite married Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN 18 June 1820 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 15 children.
Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN was born 18 December 1795 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Joseph died 25 February 1872 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Joseph was the child of Louis-Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Josephte VANASSE PRÉCOURT.

Marguerite HOUDE died 26 February 1880 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, 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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Family and Children of Marguerite HOUDE

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Marguerite HOUDE married

Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN-- Date: 18 June 1820 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
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Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN was the child of Louis-Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Josephte VANASSE PRÉCOURT

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Children of Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN and Marguerite HOUDE:

Marguerite CAYA (b.4 July 1821, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Joseph SENNEVILLE 18 January 1859 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN (b.22 October 1822, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 15 January 1899, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )

Marie-Emilie CAYA (b.10 May 1824, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Michel COURCHESNE 29 January 1855 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph CAYA (b.29 April 1825, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 15 January 1899, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )
m. Catherine BOISVERT 28 April 1848 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie CAYA (b.25 October 1826, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada d. , )

Isaie CAYA (b. 4 June 1827, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 25 October 1903, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )
m. Tharsile COURCHESNE 9 January 1855 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Thérèse CAYA (b.2 August 1829, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 24 January 1897, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )
m. Narcisse COURCHESNE 9 January 1855 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Adelaide CAYA (b.10 July 1831, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie-Louise-Edwidge CAYA (b.20 March 1834, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 26 May 1896, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

Philomene CAYA (b.25 August 1836, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 28 July 1837, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

Joseph-Israel CAYA (b.4 June 1838, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 27 August 1908, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )
m. Philomene FAUCHER 20 February 1871 in Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Québec, Canada (St-Zephirin)
m. Aglae BIBEAU 9 February 1875 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Octave CAYA (b.16 July 1840, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 13 August 1840, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

Pierre-Eugene CAYA (b.30 January 1842, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East d. , )

Ludger CAYA (b.20 December 1842, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East d. 9 February 1929, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie Emma CONNOLLY 13 October 1896
m. Alma GILL 11 May 1922 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Eliza (Elisa) CAYA (b.25 October 1844, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East d. 30 May 1865, Sorel, Canada East )

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1798 Birth
29 October 1798
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Marguerite HOUDE - Baptism Notes: Aussi Marguerite Houde-Clair-Leclair. Naissance: 29 OCT 1798, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC Baptême: 29 OCT 1798, Baie-du-Febvre, Ya

Baptism

Notes: Aussi Marguerite Houde-Clair-Leclair.
Naissance: 29 OCT 1798, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC
Baptême: 29 OCT 1798, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC
Par/ mar: Louis Chevrefils et Angélique Benoit (oncle/ cousine).
Décès: 26 FEB 1880, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC
Sépulture: 28 FEB 1880, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC
Dcd: 82a.
À sa sépulture elle est dite Marguerite Clair-Houle.
Conjoint: Joseph CAYA, (m. 12 JUN 1820, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC)

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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 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite HOUDE and Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN 18 June 1820, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She was 21 years old.

1820 marriage

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1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Marguerite CAYA was born 4 July 1821, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 22 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN was born 22 October 1822, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 23 years old.

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

1824 Birth of Child
Marie-Emilie CAYA was born 10 May 1824, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 25 years old.

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

1825 Birth of Child
Joseph CAYA was born 29 April 1825, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 26 years old.

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

1826 Birth of Child
Marie CAYA was born 25 October 1826, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 28 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Isaie CAYA was born 4 June 1827, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 28 years old.

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

1829 Birth of Child
Thérèse CAYA was born 2 August 1829, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 30 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Adelaide CAYA was born 10 July 1831, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 32 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise-Edwidge CAYA was born 20 March 1834, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 35 years old.

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

1836 Birth of Child
Philomene CAYA was born 25 August 1836, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 37 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1837 Death of Child
Philomene CAYA died 28 July 1837, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 38 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Joseph-Israel CAYA was born 4 June 1838, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 39 years old.

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
Octave CAYA was born 16 July 1840, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 41 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Pierre-Eugene CAYA was born 30 January 1842, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 43 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Ludger CAYA was born 20 December 1842, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 44 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Birth of Child
Eliza (Elisa) CAYA was born 25 October 1844, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 46 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage of Child
Joseph CAYA married 28 April 1848, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Catherine BOISVERT

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Isaie CAYA married 9 January 1855, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Tharsile COURCHESNE

1855 Marriage of Child
Thérèse CAYA married 9 January 1855, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Narcisse COURCHESNE

1855 Marriage of Child
Marie-Emilie CAYA married 29 January 1855, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Michel COURCHESNE

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Marguerite CAYA married 18 January 1859, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Joseph SENNEVILLE

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Death of Child
Eliza (Elisa) CAYA died 30 May 1865, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marguerite was 66 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.