Madeleine HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX

(b. abt. 1770 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 May 1838 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX was born abt. 1770 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada

Madeleine HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX was the child of Jean-François HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Angélique-Louise ROGNON dite LAROCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HOUDE and Marie-Françoise DEMERS (maternal) Louis-François ROGNON dit LAROCHE and Marie-Françoise-Louise CROTEAU

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Madeleine married Antoine CAUCHON dit LAMOTHE 29 September 1795 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada . Antoine CAUCHON dit LAMOTHE was born 13 September 1768 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Antoine died 30 June 1834 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Antoine was the child of Antoine CAUCHON dit LAMOTHE and Catherine HOUDE.

Madeleine HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX died 14 May 1838 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada.

m. Cauchon Antoine

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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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Antoine CAUCHON dit LAMOTHE-- Date: 29 September 1795 Place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada
Antoine CAUCHON dit LAMOTHE was the child of Antoine CAUCHON dit LAMOTHE and Catherine HOUDE

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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)

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

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

1795 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX and Antoine CAUCHON dit LAMOTHE 29 September 1795, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

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

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

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