Jean-Charles HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX

(b. 3 February 1749 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 17 April 1780 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Charles HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX was born 3 February 1749 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Jean-Charles HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX was the child of Charles HOUDE and Catherine-Geneviève HUOT dite ST-LAURENT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HOUDE and Marie-Françoise DEMERS (maternal) Joseph HUOT dit ST-LAURENT and Geneviève COCHON (CAUCHON)

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Jean-Charles married Marie-Josephte COTE 24 June 1771 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Josephte COTE was born 30 June 1752 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 13 July 1831 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Louis COTE and Josephte HOUDE.

Jean-Charles HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX died 17 April 1780 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Cote Marie-Josephte

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Marie-Josephte COTE-- Date: 24 June 1771 Place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte COTE was the child of Louis COTE and Josephte HOUDE

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1749 Birth
3 February 1749
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Charles HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Josephte COTE 24 June 1771, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.