Marguerite HOULE dite GERVAIS

Born

abt. 1736 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

26 September 1820 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Born: abt. 1736 in Québec Province, Canada

Parents of Marguerite HOULE dite GERVAIS

Father

Francois-Gervais HOUDE

Mother

Marguerite FAUCHER

Grandparents of Marguerite HOULE dite GERVAIS

Paternal grandparents

Gervais HOUDE Anne-Catherine DENEVERS

Maternal grandparents

Joseph FOUCHER (FAUCHER) Marguerite MARCOTTE

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

Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste LEDUC 12 January 1761 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste LEDUC was born 21 March 1737 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France . Jean-Baptiste died 19 March 1810 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEDUC and Marguerite DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR.

Marguerite HOULE dite GERVAIS died 26 September 1820 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite HOULE dite GERVAIS

Marguerite HOULE dite GERVAIS married

Jean-Baptiste LEDUC
Marriage date: 12 January 1761
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada
Jean-Baptiste LEDUC was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEDUC and Marguerite DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR

Children of Jean-Baptiste LEDUC and Marguerite HOULE dite GERVAIS

Marie LEDUC

Born: abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 15 August 1850, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East

Married: Pierre-Francois MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE 3 July 1792 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite HOULE dite GERVAIS and Jean-Baptiste LEDUC 12 January 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Marie LEDUC married 3 July 1792, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada to Pierre-Francois MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE

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

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

1810 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEDUC died 19 March 1810, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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.

Death — 1820
26 September 1820
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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