Louis HOUDE

(b. 13 January 1737 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 2 May 1816 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )

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Louis HOUDE was born 13 January 1737 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Louis HOUDE was the child of Jean-Baptiste HOUDE and Marie-Thérèse RICHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Madeleine LEMAY (maternal) Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE and Dorothee BRASSARD (BRASSART)

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

Louis married Marie-Josephe HAMEL 25 July 1763 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe HAMEL was born 24 March 1747 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe died 28 April 1805 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph-Charles HAMEL and Marie-Louise GARNIER (GRENIER).

Louis HOUDE died 2 May 1816 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.

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Louis HOUDE married

Marie-Josephe HAMEL-- Date: 25 July 1763 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe HAMEL was the child of Joseph-Charles HAMEL and Marie-Louise GARNIER (GRENIER)

Children of Louis HOUDE and Marie-Josephe HAMEL:

Louis HOUDE (b.22 May 1764, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 February 1846, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada East)
m. Marie-Louise LECLERC 6 September 1790 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

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1737 Birth
13 January 1737
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Louis HOUDE and Marie-Josephe HAMEL 25 July 1763, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

1764 Birth of Child
Louis HOUDE was born 22 May 1764, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Louis was 27 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.