Augustin-Marie HOUDE dit DESROCHERS

(b. 22 July 1757 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 2 May 1811 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )

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Augustin-Marie HOUDE dit DESROCHERS was born 22 July 1757 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Augustin-Marie HOUDE dit DESROCHERS was the child of Joseph HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Therese TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph HOUDE and Marie-Anne DEMERS (maternal) Noel TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Agnes-Charlotte METHOT

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

Augustin-Marie married Marie-Genevieve BEAUDET 18 August 1783 in Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Genevieve BEAUDET was born abt. 1762 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Genevieve died 15 April 1799 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Marie-Genevieve was the child of Michel BEAUDET and Marie-Louise AUGER.

Augustin-Marie HOUDE dit DESROCHERS died 2 May 1811 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, 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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Augustin-Marie HOUDE dit DESROCHERS married

Marie-Genevieve BEAUDET-- Date: 18 August 1783 Place: Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Genevieve BEAUDET was the child of Michel BEAUDET and Marie-Louise AUGER

Children of Augustin-Marie HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Genevieve BEAUDET:

Thérèse HOUDE dite DESROCHERS (b.11 October 1786, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 March 1851, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada East)
m. Joseph LEGENDRE 28 January 1805 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

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1757 Birth
22 July 1757
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

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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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Augustin-Marie HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Genevieve BEAUDET 18 August 1783, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

He was 26 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
Thérèse HOUDE dite DESROCHERS was born 11 October 1786, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Augustin-Marie was 29 years old.

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

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