Francoise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX

(b. abt. 1760 , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 April 1837 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada )

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Francoise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX was born abt. 1760 in Québec Province, Canada

Francoise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX was the child of Jean-François HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Angélique-Louise ROGNON dite LAROCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HOUDE and Marie-Françoise DEMERS (maternal) Louis-François ROGNON dit LAROCHE and Marie-Françoise-Louise CROTEAU

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

Francoise married Charles-Augustin HOUDE 10 January 1785 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada . Charles-Augustin HOUDE was born 28 August 1760 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Charles-Augustin was the child of Jacques HOUDE and Madeleine GARNIER (GRENIER).

Francoise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX died 1 April 1837 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada.

m. Houde Charles-Augustin

Details of the family tree of Francoise appear below.

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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