Louise HOULE dite GERVAIS

(b. 18 December 1763 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 March 1813 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada )

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Louise HOULE dite GERVAIS was born 18 December 1763 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada

Louise HOULE dite GERVAIS was the child of Louis HOUDE and Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gervais HOUDE and Anne-Catherine DENEVERS (maternal) Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Angelique GAUTHIER

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

Louise married Louis PEPIN 16 January 1786 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis PEPIN was born 13 October 1755 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Louis died 3 February 1833 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Joseph PEPIN and Marie-Louise BOULAY.

Louise HOULE dite GERVAIS died 1 March 1813 in Saint-François-du-Lac, 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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Louise HOULE dite GERVAIS married

Louis PEPIN-- Date: 16 January 1786 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis PEPIN was the child of Joseph PEPIN and Marie-Louise BOULAY

Children of Louis PEPIN and Louise HOULE dite GERVAIS:

Tharsille-Anastasie PEPIN dite LACHANCE (b.17 August 1794, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada d. 18 October 1873, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada)
m. Albert DROWSE 2 June 1824 in Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

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1763 Birth
18 December 1763
Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Louise HOULE dite GERVAIS and Louis PEPIN 16 January 1786, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

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

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

1794 Birth of Child
Tharsille-Anastasie PEPIN dite LACHANCE was born 17 August 1794, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Louise was 30 years old.

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