Charles HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX

Born

7 June 1762 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada

Died

11 July 1838 , Lotbinière, Lower Canada

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Jacques HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX (HOULE)Marie-Josephe BOUCHER

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Born: 7 June 1762 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada

Father: Jacques HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX (HOULE)

Mother: Marie-Josephe BOUCHER

Paternal grandparents: Charles HOUDE , Ursule DUGUAY

Maternal grandparents: Louis-Charles BOUCHER , Marie-Josephte FILTEAU

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Charles married Charlotte DEMERS 28 August 1786 in Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte DEMERS was born 23 June 1764 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Charlotte died 24 November 1828 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Charlotte was the child of Louis DEMERS and Marie-Anne MARTEL.

Charles HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX died 11 July 1838 in 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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Charles HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX married

Charlotte DEMERS
Marriage date: 28 August 1786
Marriage place: Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada

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Charlotte DEMERS was the child of Louis DEMERS and Marie-Anne MARTEL

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Charles HOUDE

Born: abt. 1785, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 2 September 1832, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

Married: Pelagie GOYETTE 25 August 1817 Place: Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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Birth — 1762
7 June 1762
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada

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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Charles HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Charlotte DEMERS 28 August 1786, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

He was 24 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)

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

1817 Marriage of Child
Charles HOUDE married 25 August 1817, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Pelagie GOYETTE

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)

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

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charlotte DEMERS died 24 November 1828, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Death of Child
Charles HOUDE died 2 September 1832, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Charles was 70 years old.

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

Death — 1838
11 July 1838
Lotbinière, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 76.

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