Jean-Baptiste HOUDE

(b. 25 November 1738 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 4 February 1810 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste HOUDE was born 25 November 1738 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste HOUDE was the child of Pierre HOUDE and Françoise DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude HOUDE and Marie-Madeleine LEMAY (maternal) François DUBOIS and Marie-Anne LAMBERT

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

Jean-Baptiste married Ursule BARIL 12 October 1761 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada . Ursule BARIL was born 18 January 1737 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Ursule died 1 May 1766 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Ursule was the child of Alexis BARIL and Marie-Josephte ADAM.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Madeleine Pelagie DOIRON 1 June 1767 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Madeleine Pelagie DOIRON was born abt. 1748 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Madeleine Pelagie died 17 January 1811 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Madeleine Pelagie was the child of Philippe DOIRON and Ursule LEJEUNE dite BRIARD.

Jean-Baptiste HOUDE died 4 February 1810 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .

m. Baril Ursule
m. Doiron Madeleine-Pelagie

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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste HOUDE was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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.

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Jean-Baptiste HOUDE married

Ursule BARIL-- Date: 12 October 1761 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada
Ursule BARIL was the child of Alexis BARIL and Marie-Josephte ADAM

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Jean-Baptiste HOUDE married

Madeleine Pelagie DOIRON-- Date: 1 June 1767 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine Pelagie DOIRON was the child of Philippe DOIRON and Ursule LEJEUNE dite BRIARD

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1738 Birth
25 November 1738
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste HOUDE and Ursule BARIL 12 October 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 22 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.

1766 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ursule BARIL died 1 May 1766, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1767 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste HOUDE and Madeleine Pelagie DOIRON 1 June 1767, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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.