Jean-François HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX

(b. 22 February 1734 , Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 15 February 1797 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada )

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Jean-François HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX was born 22 February 1734 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Jean-François HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste HOUDE and Marie-Françoise DEMERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Louise-Françoise BEAUDET (maternal) Pierre DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Jeanne POUILLOT

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Jean-François married Angélique-Louise ROGNON dite LAROCHE 10 January 1757 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Angélique-Louise ROGNON dite LAROCHE was born 3 November 1738 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Angélique-Louise died 7 April 1825 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Angélique-Louise was the child of Louis-François ROGNON dit LAROCHE and Marie-Françoise-Louise CROTEAU.

Jean-François HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX died 15 February 1797 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower 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.

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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Family and Children of Jean-François HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX

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Jean-François HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX married

Angélique-Louise ROGNON dite LAROCHE-- Date: 10 January 1757 Place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

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Angélique-Louise ROGNON dite LAROCHE was the child of Louis-François ROGNON dit LAROCHE and Marie-Françoise-Louise CROTEAU

Children of Jean-François HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Angélique-Louise ROGNON dite LAROCHE:

Marie-Angelique HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX (b.5 December 1757, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Louis-Charles CROTEAU 21 August 1786 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Jean-François HOUDE (b.17 July 1759, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. , )

Francoise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX (b.abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 April 1837, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada)
m. Charles-Augustin HOUDE 10 January 1785 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX (b.7 March 1765, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 March 1853, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada East)
m. Marguerite FILTEAU 28 August 1786 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Madeleine HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX (b.abt. 1770, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 May 1838, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada)
m. Antoine CAUCHON dit LAMOTHE 29 September 1795 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Genevieve HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX (b.14 March 1775, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 December 1842, Deschaillons, Canada East )
m. Guillaume MAILLOT 24 August 1795 in Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

Augustin HOUDE (b.28 January 1779, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Madeleine CAYER 18 January 1803 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada
m. Marie BOUCHER 24 July 1821 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

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1734 Birth
22 February 1734
Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Baptism

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Jean-François HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Angélique-Louise ROGNON dite LAROCHE 10 January 1757, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Marie-Angelique HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX was born 5 December 1757, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Jean-François was 23 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Jean-François HOUDE was born 17 July 1759, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Jean-François was 25 years old.

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.

1765 Birth of Child
Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX was born 7 March 1765, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Jean-François was 31 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Genevieve HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX was born 14 March 1775, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Jean-François was 41 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.

1779 Birth of Child
Augustin HOUDE was born 28 January 1779, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Jean-François was 44 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Francoise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX married 10 January 1785, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada to Charles-Augustin HOUDE

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angelique HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX married 21 August 1786, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada to Louis-Charles CROTEAU

1786 Marriage of Child
Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX married 28 August 1786, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada to Marguerite FILTEAU

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1795 Marriage of Child
Genevieve HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX married 24 August 1795, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons) to Guillaume MAILLOT

1795 Marriage of Child
Madeleine HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX married 29 September 1795, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada to Antoine CAUCHON dit LAMOTHE

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Added: 8/28/2010 9:40:45 PM - Updated: 12/8/2020 3:52:34 PM