Louis HOULE dit GERVAIS

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abt. 1762 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

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Louis HOUDE Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX

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Louis HOULE dit GERVAIS was born abt. 1762 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis HOULE dit GERVAIS was the child of Louis HOUDE and Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gervais HOUDE and Anne-Catherine DENEVERS (maternal) Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Angelique GAUTHIER

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Louis married Marie-Reine MASSON 30 June 1783 in Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Reine MASSON was born 1 November 1765 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Marie-Reine was the child of Augustin MASSON and Marie-Reine SYLVAIN.

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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Louis HOULE dit GERVAIS married

Marie-Reine MASSON-- Date: 30 June 1783 Place: Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Reine MASSON was the child of Augustin MASSON and Marie-Reine SYLVAIN

Children of Louis HOULE dit GERVAIS and Marie-Reine MASSON

Charles HOULE dit GERVAIS (b.30 November 1786, Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Therese BRAY dite LABONTÉ 19 February 1810 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)