Pierre HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX

(b. 31 March 1761 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada d. 9 August 1829 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada )

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Pierre HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX was born 31 March 1761 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada

Pierre HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX was the child of Charles HOUDE and Marie-Madeleine DUGUAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HOUDE and Marie-Françoise DEMERS (maternal) Pierre DUGUAY dit LAFRANCHISE and Marie-Françoise HOUDE

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Pierre married Marie-Therese COTE 19 August 1782 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Therese COTE was born abt. 1767 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Therese died 7 December 1828 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Marie-Therese was the child of Louis COTE and Josephte HOUDE.

Pierre HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX died 9 August 1829 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada.

m. Cote Marie-Therese

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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-Therese COTE-- Date: 19 August 1782 Place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Therese COTE was the child of Louis COTE and Josephte HOUDE

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1761 Birth
31 March 1761
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada

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.

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Pierre HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Therese COTE 19 August 1782, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.