Madeleine HOUDE

(b. 6 November 1740 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 22 August 1824 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine HOUDE was born 6 November 1740 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Madeleine HOUDE was the child of Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Madeleine HUBERT dite LACROIX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Anne ROULEAU (SANSOUCY) (maternal) Louis-Joseph HUBERT dit LACROIX and Madeleine TROTTIER

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

Madeleine married Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX 21 September 1761 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 20 March 1726 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 31 January 1805 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Pierre was the child of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine DESROCHES.

Madeleine HOUDE died 22 August 1824 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.

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Madeleine HOUDE married

Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX-- Date: 21 September 1761 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine DESROCHES

Children of Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Madeleine HOUDE:

Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX (b.1 October 1763, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Geneviève FOREST 20 September 1791 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX (b.7 October 1765, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 June 1827, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. François PROULX 19 January 1790 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX (b.abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Josephe SIMONEAU 9 January 1809 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
m. Marie-Louise ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT 2 June 1817 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1740 Birth
6 November 1740
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Baptism

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine HOUDE and Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX 21 September 1761 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX was born 1 October 1763, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Madeleine was 22 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX was born 7 October 1765, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Madeleine was 24 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX married 19 January 1790, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to François PROULX

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX married 20 September 1791, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Geneviève FOREST

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

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

1805 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 31 January 1805 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1809 Marriage of Child
Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX married 9 January 1809, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie-Josephe SIMONEAU

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX married 2 June 1817, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie-Louise ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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Added: 9/1/2010 9:56:39 AM - Updated: 12/8/2020 2:53:17 PM