Marie Emilie (Bourgeois) Chayer (1842 - 1914)

Born 15 Nov 1842 in Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Clément Chayer — married 21 Mar 1859 in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1914 at age 71 in Kansas, United States

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Biography

Melena (Bourgeois) Chayer migrated from Canada to United States of America.

Marie Emilie (later Melena) Bourgois was born in 1842 in Canada. She was the daughter of Médard Bourgeois and Petronille Brouillet. She immigrated to the United States in about 1854, settling in Kankakee County, Illinois.

Melena married Clement Chayer on 21 Mar 1879 in Kankakee County, Illinois. There were 10 known children born into this marriage.

Melena (Bourgeois) Chayer died at age 71 on 8 Feb 1914 in Kansas; she was buried in Mount Liberty Church Cemetery in Ottawa County, Kansas.

Sources

• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFL5-SLY : 16 October 2017), Clement Chayer and Emily Bengoi, 21 Mar 1859; citing Kankakee, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,839,993.
• "Kansas State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL66-PFBS : 7 November 2020), M Chayer in household of C Chayer, Clay, Kansas, United States; citing Census, Clay, Kansas, United States, , Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka; FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPG-3GG : 7 September 2017), Melissa Chayer in household of Clemens Chayer, Bloom, Clay, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 27, sheet 60A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,376.
• "Kansas State Census, 1895", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8J-KD3S : 12 November 2017), Miney Chayer in entry for Clamen Chayer, 1895.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMTH-7Q2 : accessed 22 January 2020), Melina Chayer in household of Clement Chayer, Bloom Township, Clay, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3, sheet 1A, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,474.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2Z3-PQK : accessed 22 January 2020), Melena Chayer in household of John Chayer, Chapman, Ottawa, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 86, sheet 7B, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 452; FHL microfilm 1,374,465.

• Find a Grave, entry for Melena Burgess/Bourgeois Chayer. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26937786/melena-chayer
• TREE: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC3M-L1F