Catherine HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX

(b. 27 September 1751 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 4 June 1808 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada )

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Catherine HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX was born 27 September 1751 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Catherine HOUDE dite 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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Catherine married Louis CROTEAU 24 June 1771 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada . Louis CROTEAU was born 28 January 1739 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Louis died 18 July 1828 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Louis-Charles CROTEAU and Françoise HOUDE.

Catherine HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX died 4 June 1808 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada.

m. Croteau Louis

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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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Louis CROTEAU-- Date: 24 June 1771 Place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis CROTEAU was the child of Louis-Charles CROTEAU and Françoise HOUDE

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1751 Birth
27 September 1751
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
Catherine HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX and Louis CROTEAU 24 June 1771, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

She was 19 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.