Michel HOUDE (HOULE)

Born

7 September 1800 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Died

13 December 1880 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Michel HOUDE (HOULE)

Explore parents, grandparents, spouses, children, and the family connections surrounding Michel HOUDE (HOULE).

Parents

Michel HOUDE Elisabeth CAYA

Grandparents

Explore grandparents

Spouse & Children

View family relationships1 recorded relationship(s)

Family Tree

Open family tree View pedigree chart

Born: 7 September 1800 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Father: Michel HOUDE

Mother: Elisabeth CAYA

Paternal grandparents: Joseph HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX , Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

Maternal grandparents: Antoine CAYA (CAILLA) , Catherine-Antoinette VANASSE dite PRÉCOURT

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

Michel married Elisabeth CAYA 23 November 1824 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . Elisabeth CAYA was born 25 July 1796 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Elisabeth died 2 December 1880 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Elisabeth was the child of Joseph CAYA and Josephte DENEVERS dite BOISVERT.

Michel HOUDE (HOULE) died 13 December 1880 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Michel 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.

A Glimpse into the Everyday Life of a Québécois Man in the Mid-1800s

The Definitive Guide for Researching Your French-Canadian Ancestors in 2025

Spouse & Children of Michel HOUDE (HOULE)

Hide Family & Children

Michel HOUDE (HOULE) married

Elisabeth CAYA
Marriage date: 23 November 1824
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Elisabeth CAYA was the child of Joseph CAYA and Josephte DENEVERS dite BOISVERT

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Michel HOUDE (HOULE) and Elisabeth CAYA

No children are currently listed for this couple.

Add Life Event

Have another record or photo?
Add a life event, census record, military record, obituary, achievement, or photograph for Michel HOUDE (HOULE).

Life & Records

Photos, life events, and historical records for Michel HOUDE (HOULE).

Hide Life & Records

How to read this timeline
Records about Michel HOUDE (HOULE) and family appear alongside historical events from the same years. Each item is labeled so you can quickly tell family records from historical context.

Birth — 1800
7 September 1800
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Michel HOUDE (HOULE) and Elisabeth CAYA 23 November 1824, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 24 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

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)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.