François HOUDE

(b. 19 March 1737 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 7 February 1810 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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François HOUDE was born 19 March 1737 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

François HOUDE was the child of Joseph HOUDE and Marie-Josephe LEBOEUF and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Madeleine LEMAY (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LEBOEUF and Marie-Thérèse LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT

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

François married Marie-Thérèse NAULT 7 January 1766 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Thérèse NAULT was born 23 June 1747 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Marie-Thérèse died 6 April 1815 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Marie-Thérèse was the child of Joseph-Henri NAULT and Marie-Geneviève RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE.

François HOUDE died 7 February 1810 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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.

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François HOUDE married

Marie-Thérèse NAULT-- Date: 7 January 1766 Place: Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada
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Marie-Thérèse NAULT was the child of Joseph-Henri NAULT and Marie-Geneviève RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE

Children of François HOUDE and Marie-Thérèse NAULT:

Ursule HOUDE (b.12 January 1778, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 January 1861, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Joseph ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) 30 July 1798 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1737 Birth
19 March 1737
La-Pérade, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
François HOUDE and Marie-Thérèse NAULT 7 January 1766, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

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.

1778 Birth of Child
Ursule HOUDE was born 12 January 1778, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

François was 40 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

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

1798 Marriage of Child
Ursule HOUDE married 30 July 1798, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Joseph ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

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