Jean-Marie HOUDE dit DESROCHERS

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26 February 1764 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

28 February 1837 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

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Charles HOUDE dit DESROCHERS Françoise BERGERON

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Born: 26 February 1764 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Charles HOUDE dit DESROCHERS

Mother: Françoise BERGERON

Paternal grandparents: Joseph HOUDE , Marie-Anne DEMERS

Maternal grandparents: Charles BERGERON , Louise HUARD

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Jean-Marie married Marguerite-Angelique BOUCHER 24 January 1785 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite-Angelique BOUCHER was born 21 July 1749 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marguerite-Angelique died 16 March 1817 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marguerite-Angelique was the child of Denis-Joseph BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS and Angélique GUYON (DION).

Jean-Marie HOUDE dit DESROCHERS died 28 February 1837 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, 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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Jean-Marie HOUDE dit DESROCHERS married

Marguerite-Angelique BOUCHER
Marriage date: 24 January 1785
Marriage place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite-Angelique BOUCHER was the child of Denis-Joseph BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS and Angélique GUYON (DION)

Children of Jean-Marie HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Marguerite-Angelique BOUCHER

Jean-Gabriel HOUDE dit DESROCHERS

Born: 12 August 1786, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 18 August 1847, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada East

Married: Angelique FILTEAU 18 August 1807 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1764
26 February 1764
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada

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 / Partner
Jean-Marie HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Marguerite-Angelique BOUCHER 24 January 1785, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1786 Birth of Child
Jean-Gabriel HOUDE dit DESROCHERS was born 12 August 1786, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Jean-Marie was 22 years old.

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)

1807 Marriage of Child
Jean-Gabriel HOUDE dit DESROCHERS married 18 August 1807, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Angelique FILTEAU

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