Gabrielle HOUDE

(b. 14 August 1725 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 5 January 1801 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Gabrielle HOUDE was born 14 August 1725 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Gabrielle HOUDE was the child of Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Jeanne PETITCLERC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Anne ROULEAU (SANSOUCY) (maternal) Pierre PETITCLERC and Françoise PARIS

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Gabrielle married Pierre LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX 22 April 1743 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children. Pierre LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 16 March 1720 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Pierre was the child of Pierre LAFOND and Marie-Jeanne LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX.

Gabrielle HOUDE died 5 January 1801 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .
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Family and Children of Gabrielle HOUDE

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Gabrielle HOUDE married

Pierre LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX-- Date: 22 April 1743 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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Pierre LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Pierre LAFOND and Marie-Jeanne LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

Children of Pierre LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX and Gabrielle HOUDE:

Marie-Jeanne LAFOND dite DESCOTEAUX (b.17 January 1744, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. , )

Pierre LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX (b.28 April 1746, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Josephte LAFOND dite DESCÔTEAUX (b.13 April 1748, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. , )

Pierre LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX (b.23 March 1749, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 1 October 1816, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte RIVARD 26 October 1772 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marie-Josephte LAFOND dite DESCÔTEAUX (b.12 December 1751, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. , )

Joseph LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX (b.30 July 1754, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 20 May 1790, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Geneviève CLOUTIER 16 October 1780 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel LAFOND (b.abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 April 1801, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Marie PROULX 16 January 1785 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Monique LAFOND dite DESCÔTEAUX (b.abt. 1764, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER dit CHATEAUVERT 25 September 1775 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1725 Birth
14 August 1725
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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1743 Marriage / Partner
Gabrielle HOUDE and Pierre LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX 22 April 1743 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She was 17 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne LAFOND dite DESCOTEAUX was born 17 January 1744, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabrielle was 18 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Pierre LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 28 April 1746, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabrielle was 20 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte LAFOND dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 13 April 1748, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabrielle was 22 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Pierre LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 23 March 1749, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabrielle was 23 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte LAFOND dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 12 December 1751, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabrielle was 26 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Joseph LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 30 July 1754, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabrielle was 28 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.

1772 Marriage of Child
Pierre LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX married 26 October 1772, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Josephte RIVARD

1775 Marriage of Child
Monique LAFOND dite DESCÔTEAUX married 25 September 1775, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER dit CHATEAUVERT

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Joseph LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX married 16 October 1780, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Geneviève CLOUTIER

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Gabriel LAFOND married 16 January 1785, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie PROULX

1790 Death of Child
Joseph LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX died 20 May 1790, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabrielle was 64 years old.

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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)