Joseph HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX

(b. 12 November 1727 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 3 April 1817 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Joseph HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX was born 12 November 1727 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Joseph HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX 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

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

Joseph married Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX 11 September 1751 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 22 April 1732 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Geneviève died 4 November 1776 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Geneviève was the child of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine DESROCHES.

Joseph married (2) Marie-Catherine CAYA (CAILLA) 20 October 1777 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie-Catherine CAYA (CAILLA) was born 2 June 1748 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Catherine died 18 January 1834 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Catherine was the child of Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Marie-Anne TROTTIER dite BEAUBIEN.

Joseph HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX died 3 April 1817 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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 Joseph HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX

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Joseph HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX married

Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX-- Date: 11 September 1751 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine DESROCHES

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Children of Joseph HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX:

Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX (b.9 February 1752, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marguerite GOSSELIN 8 May 1775 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
m. Marie-Louise JUTRAS 16 May 1796 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)
m. Thérèse LEFEBVRE 25 June 1804 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph HOUDE (b.18 September 1754, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France d. , )

Joseph HOUDE (b.25 September 1755, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 28 December 1781, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Elisabeth MORVAN 8 May 1775 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Michel HOUDE (b.4 August 1757, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 5 January 1822, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Angélique PROULX 17 September 1781 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
m. Elisabeth CAYA 22 October 1799 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marie-Angelique HOUDE (b.29 August 1760, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada d. 13 March 1843, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East )
m. François-Marie HAMEL 8 May 1780 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marie-Catherine HOUDE (b.7 November 1762, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada d. 17 July 1795, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* )
m. Joseph-Marie MAROT (MAROTTE) dit LABONTE 24 April 1786 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Charles HOUDE (b.1 April 1764, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Pierre HOUDE (b.15 October 1765, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Pierre HOUDE (HOULE) (b.26 August 1766, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 May 1853, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East )
m. Geneviève DUPONT 24 August 1789 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
m. Marguerite ALIE 1 June 1807 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
m. Angele HAMEL 12 January 1841 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis-Henri HOUDE (b.2 September 1768, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 March 1770, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada )

Therese HOUDE (b.2 April 1770, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marguerite HOUDE (b.2 July 1772, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. François GAGNON 4 August 1796 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Genevieve-Claire HOUDE (b.4 November 1776, Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 March 1777, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada )

Marie-Elisabeth HOUDE (b.4 November 1776, Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 February 1777, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada )

Joseph HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX married

Marie-Catherine CAYA (CAILLA)-- Date: 20 October 1777 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie-Catherine CAYA (CAILLA) was the child of Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Marie-Anne TROTTIER dite BEAUBIEN

Children of Joseph HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Catherine CAYA (CAILLA):

Catherine HOUDE (b.11 July 1778, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 March 1815, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph LOZEAU 19 May 1800 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

François HOUDE (b.12 November 1779, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie BOISVERT 20 October 1804 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Antoine HOUDE (HOULE) (b.5 May 1782, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 March 1862, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East )
m. Angele PICHET (PICHETTE) 30 March 1818 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)
m. Julie TRUDEL 2 February 1832 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marie-Josephte HOUDE (b.25 April 1784, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Louise HOUDE (b.7 April 1786, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph-Bonaparte TRUDEL 19 January 1818 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel HOUDE (b.5 July 1788, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 July 1788, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada )

Genevieve HOUDE (b.6 July 1789, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 October 1790, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada )

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1727 Birth
12 November 1727
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Baptism

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1751 Marriage / Partner
Joseph HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX 11 September 1751, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 23 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX was born 9 February 1752, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 24 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Joseph HOUDE was born 18 September 1754, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Joseph was 26 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Joseph HOUDE was born 25 September 1755, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 27 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Michel HOUDE was born 4 August 1757, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 29 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marie-Angelique HOUDE was born 29 August 1760, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 32 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine HOUDE was born 7 November 1762, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 35 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Charles HOUDE was born 1 April 1764, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 36 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Pierre HOUDE was born 15 October 1765, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Joseph was 37 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Pierre HOUDE (HOULE) was born 26 August 1766, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 38 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Louis-Henri HOUDE was born 2 September 1768, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 40 years old.

1770 Death of Child
Louis-Henri HOUDE died 22 March 1770, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 42 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Therese HOUDE was born 2 April 1770, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 42 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Marguerite HOUDE was born 2 July 1772, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 44 years old.

1775 Marriage of Child
Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX married 8 May 1775, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marguerite GOSSELIN

1775 Marriage of Child
Joseph HOUDE married 8 May 1775, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Elisabeth MORVAN

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.

1776 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX died 4 November 1776, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1776 Birth of Child
Genevieve-Claire HOUDE was born 4 November 1776, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 49 years old.

1776 Birth of Child
Marie-Elisabeth HOUDE was born 4 November 1776, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 49 years old.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Joseph HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Catherine CAYA (CAILLA) 20 October 1777, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 49 years old.

1777 Death of Child
Marie-Elisabeth HOUDE died 1 February 1777, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 49 years old.

1777 Death of Child
Genevieve-Claire HOUDE died 8 March 1777, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 49 years old.

1778 Birth of Child
Catherine HOUDE was born 11 July 1778, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 50 years old.

1779 Birth of Child
François HOUDE was born 12 November 1779, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 52 years old.

1780 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angelique HOUDE married 8 May 1780, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to François-Marie HAMEL

1781 Marriage of Child
Michel HOUDE married 17 September 1781, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Angélique PROULX

1781 Death of Child
Joseph HOUDE died 28 December 1781, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 54 years old.

1782 Birth of Child
Antoine HOUDE (HOULE) was born 5 May 1782, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 54 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte HOUDE was born 25 April 1784, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 56 years old.

1786 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise HOUDE was born 7 April 1786, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 58 years old.

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine HOUDE married 24 April 1786, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Joseph-Marie MAROT (MAROTTE) dit LABONTE

1788 Birth of Child
Gabriel HOUDE was born 5 July 1788, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 60 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Genevieve HOUDE was born 6 July 1789, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 61 years old.

1789 Marriage of Child
Pierre HOUDE (HOULE) married 24 August 1789, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Geneviève DUPONT

1790 Death of Child
Genevieve HOUDE died 30 October 1790, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 63 years old.

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

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

1795 Death of Child
Marie-Catherine HOUDE died 17 July 1795, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

Joseph was 67 years old.

1796 Marriage of Child
Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX married 16 May 1796, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Marie-Louise JUTRAS

1796 Marriage of Child
Marguerite HOUDE married 4 August 1796, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to François GAGNON

1799 Marriage of Child
Michel HOUDE married 22 October 1799, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Elisabeth CAYA

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

1800 Marriage of Child
Catherine HOUDE married 19 May 1800, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Joseph LOZEAU

1804 Marriage of Child
Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX married 25 June 1804, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Thérèse LEFEBVRE

1804 Marriage of Child
François HOUDE married 20 October 1804, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie BOISVERT

1807 Marriage of Child
Pierre HOUDE (HOULE) married 1 June 1807, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marguerite ALIE

1815 Death of Child
Catherine HOUDE died 21 March 1815, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 87 years old.

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Added: 9/1/2010 9:54:17 AM - Updated: 12/8/2020 2:57:48 PM