Madeleine HOUDE

(b. 18 May 1746 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 14 February 1813 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine HOUDE was born 18 May 1746 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Madeleine HOUDE was the child of Simon HOUDE and Marie-Madeleine MORISSET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude HOUDE and Marie-Madeleine LEMAY (maternal) Pierre MORISSET and Catherine LÉTOURNEAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Madeleine married Jean-Joseph CROTEAU 4 June 1764 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Joseph CROTEAU was born 11 December 1742 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Jean-Joseph died 27 February 1826 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Jean-Joseph was the child of Jacques CROTEAU and Marie-Charlotte DUPONT.

Madeleine HOUDE died 14 February 1813 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada.

m. Croteau Jean-Joseph

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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.

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Madeleine HOUDE married

Jean-Joseph CROTEAU-- Date: 4 June 1764 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Joseph CROTEAU was the child of Jacques CROTEAU and Marie-Charlotte DUPONT

Children of Jean-Joseph CROTEAU and Madeleine HOUDE:

Jean-Baptiste CROTEAU (b.23 November 1768, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 November 1842, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada East)
m. Victoire AUGER 3 February 1801 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Jean-Louis CROTEAU (b.12 January 1774, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 August 1834, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte MARION 19 January 1796 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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1746 Birth
18 May 1746
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine HOUDE and Jean-Joseph CROTEAU 4 June 1764, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CROTEAU was born 23 November 1768, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 22 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Jean-Louis CROTEAU was born 12 January 1774, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 27 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.