Gervais HOUDE

(b. 12 June 1730 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 15 April 1804 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )

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Gervais HOUDE was born 12 June 1730 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Gervais 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):

Gervais married Marie-Josephte BARABÉ 8 January 1755 in Deschaillons, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte BARABÉ was born abt. 1730 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Josephte died 30 January 1810 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Marie-Josephte was the child of Nicolas BARABÉ and Marie-Anne MAILLOT.

Gervais HOUDE died 15 April 1804 in Vaudreuil, 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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Gervais HOUDE married

Marie-Josephte BARABÉ-- Date: 8 January 1755 Place: Deschaillons, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte BARABÉ was the child of Nicolas BARABÉ and Marie-Anne MAILLOT

Children of Gervais HOUDE and Marie-Josephte BARABÉ:

Marie-Josephe HOUDE (b.20 September 1760, Lotbinière, Canada d. March 1824, Deschaillons, Lower Canada )
m. Gabriel FAUBERT 21 September 1778 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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1730 Birth
12 June 1730
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Gervais HOUDE and Marie-Josephte BARABÉ 8 January 1755 , Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

He was 24 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe HOUDE was born 20 September 1760, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Gervais was 30 years old.

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.