Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX

(b. 16 March 1754 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 7 February 1802 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX was born 16 March 1754 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX was the child of Pierre HOUDE and Marie-Louise CROTEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HOUDE and Marie-Françoise DEMERS (maternal) Jacques CROTEAU and Marie-Charlotte DUPONT

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

Marie-Louise married Joachim DEMERS 31 May 1779 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joachim DEMERS was born 2 March 1751 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Joachim died 29 March 1792 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Joachim was the child of Jean DEMERS and Marie-Anne DUSSAULT dite LAFLEUR.

Marie-Louise married (2) Louis-Marie GAUDREAU 24 June 1793 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada . Louis-Marie GAUDREAU was born 1 July 1770 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Louis-Marie died 12 August 1837 in St-Sylvestre, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada. Louis-Marie was the child of Joseph-Marie GAUDREAU and Reine-Ursule GAMACHE.

Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX died 7 February 1802 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada .

m. Demers Joachim
m. Gaudreau Louis-Marie

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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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Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX married

Joachim DEMERS-- Date: 31 May 1779 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Joachim DEMERS was the child of Jean DEMERS and Marie-Anne DUSSAULT dite LAFLEUR

Children of Joachim DEMERS and Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX:

Marie-Louise DEMERS (b.3 May 1780, Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 October 1835, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Laurent LAINÉ dit LALIBERTÉ 14 January 1799 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX married

Louis-Marie GAUDREAU-- Date: 24 June 1793 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada
Louis-Marie GAUDREAU was the child of Joseph-Marie GAUDREAU and Reine-Ursule GAMACHE

Children of Louis-Marie GAUDREAU and Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX:

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1754 Birth
16 March 1754
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX and Joachim DEMERS 31 May 1779, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

She was 25 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DEMERS was born 3 May 1780, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Marie-Louise was 26 years old.

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

1792 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joachim DEMERS died 29 March 1792, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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

1793 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX and Louis-Marie GAUDREAU 24 June 1793, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

She was 39 years old.

1799 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise DEMERS married 14 January 1799, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Laurent LAINÉ dit LALIBERTÉ

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

1802 Death
7 February 1802
Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 47.

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