Marie-Josephe HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX

(b. 9 December 1762 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada d. 26 May 1835 , Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX was born 9 December 1762 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada

Marie-Josephe 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

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Marie-Josephe married Joseph PARADIS 8 November 1784 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph PARADIS was born 17 March 1753 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 1 April 1828 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Joseph was the child of Paul PARADIS and Marie-Josephe ROULEAU.

Marie-Josephe HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX died 26 May 1835 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Lower Canada .

m. Paradis Joseph

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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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Joseph PARADIS-- Date: 8 November 1784 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph PARADIS was the child of Paul PARADIS and Marie-Josephe ROULEAU

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1762 Birth
9 December 1762
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX and Joseph PARADIS 8 November 1784, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

She was 21 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)

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)