Sophie CLAIRE dite HOUDE

(b. 10 August 1825 , Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 28 December 1863 , Sherbrooke, Canada East )

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Sophie CLAIRE dite HOUDE was born 10 August 1825 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Sophie CLAIRE dite HOUDE was the child of Charles LECLERC dit HOUDE and Julie CHOUINARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis-Clair HOUDE and Marie-Angélique CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE (maternal) Louis-Marie CHOUINARD and Marie-Josephe LEVASSEUR

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Sophie married Georges PRINCE 13 February 1843 in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Canada East . Georges PRINCE was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Georges was the child of Louis PRINCE and Marie-Angelique PRINCE.

Sophie CLAIRE dite HOUDE died 28 December 1863 in Sherbrooke, Canada East.
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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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Sophie CLAIRE dite HOUDE married

Georges PRINCE-- Date: 13 February 1843 Place: Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Canada East
Georges PRINCE was the child of Louis PRINCE and Marie-Angelique PRINCE

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1825 Birth
10 August 1825
Yamaska, Lower Canada

Biography
À son mariage elle est dite Sophie Claire-Houde.
Naissance: 10 AUG 1825, Yamaska, Yamaska, QC
Baptême: 10 AUG 1825, St-Michel-d'Yamaska, Yamaska, QC
Conjoint: George PRINCE, (m. 13 FEB 1843, St-Felix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, QC)

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Sophie CLAIRE dite HOUDE and Georges PRINCE 13 February 1843, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Québec, Canada (Kingsey)

She was 17 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser