Charles HOUDE dit DESROCHERS

(b. 10 July 1734 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 24 October 1812 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )

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Charles HOUDE dit DESROCHERS was born 10 July 1734 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Charles HOUDE dit DESROCHERS was the child of Joseph HOUDE and Marie-Anne DEMERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis HOUDE and Anne-Ursule BISSON (maternal) René DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Marie-Anne-Jeanne DUBOIS

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Charles married Françoise BERGERON 30 January 1758 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Françoise BERGERON was born 2 October 1737 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Françoise died 11 January 1815 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Françoise was the child of Charles BERGERON and Louise HUARD.

Charles HOUDE dit DESROCHERS died 24 October 1812 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.

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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Françoise BERGERON-- Date: 30 January 1758 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France
Françoise BERGERON was the child of Charles BERGERON and Louise HUARD

Children of Charles HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Françoise BERGERON:

Jean-Marie HOUDE dit DESROCHERS (b.26 February 1764, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 February 1837, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite-Angelique BOUCHER 24 January 1785 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Victoire HOUDE dite DESROCHERS (b.8 March 1774, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 April 1835, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada)
m. Louis-Joseph ROGNON dit LAROCHE 11 July 1803 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

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1734 Birth
10 July 1734
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Charles HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Françoise BERGERON 30 January 1758, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

He was 23 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Jean-Marie HOUDE dit DESROCHERS was born 26 February 1764, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Charles was 29 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Victoire HOUDE dite DESROCHERS was born 8 March 1774, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Charles was 39 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Jean-Marie HOUDE dit DESROCHERS married 24 January 1785, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Marguerite-Angelique BOUCHER

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1803 Marriage of Child
Victoire HOUDE dite DESROCHERS married 11 July 1803, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada to Louis-Joseph ROGNON dit LAROCHE