Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX

(b. 22 March 1738 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 27 December 1811 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada )

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Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX was born 22 March 1738 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX was the child of François HOUDE and Marie-Angélique BERGERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Louise-Françoise BEAUDET (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BERGERON and Marguerite GRENON

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Francois married Françoise ROGNON 21 January 1759 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France . Françoise ROGNON was born 27 January 1737 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Françoise was the child of Louis-François ROGNON dit LAROCHE and Marie-Françoise-Louise CROTEAU.

Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX died 27 December 1811 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada.

m. Rognon Francoise

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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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Françoise ROGNON-- Date: 21 January 1759 Place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France
Françoise ROGNON was the child of Louis-François ROGNON dit LAROCHE and Marie-Françoise-Louise CROTEAU

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1738 Birth
22 March 1738
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Françoise ROGNON 21 January 1759, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

He was 20 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.

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.