Joseph HOUDE dit DESROCHERS

Born

27 June 1769 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

4 December 1835 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada

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Augustin HOUDE dit DESROCHERS Marguerite HUARD

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Born: 27 June 1769 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Augustin HOUDE dit DESROCHERS

Mother: Marguerite HUARD

Paternal grandparents: Joseph HOUDE , Marie-Anne DEMERS

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Marie HUARD , Marguerite DEMERS

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Joseph married Veronique HOUDE 18 October 1790 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Veronique HOUDE was born 18 March 1773 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Veronique died 25 June 1858 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Veronique was the child of Joseph HOUDE and Veronique LAROCHE.

Joseph HOUDE dit DESROCHERS died 4 December 1835 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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Joseph HOUDE dit DESROCHERS married

Veronique HOUDE
Marriage date: 18 October 1790
Marriage place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada

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Veronique HOUDE was the child of Joseph HOUDE and Veronique LAROCHE

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Theotiste DESROCHERS dite HOUDE

Born: 5 October 1795, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada
Died: 4 November 1882, St-Romuald-d'Etchemin, Lévis, Quebec, Canada

Married: Joseph-Ange FORCADE 1 September 1818 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1769
27 June 1769
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)

1790 Marriage / Partner
Joseph HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Veronique HOUDE 18 October 1790, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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

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

1795 Birth of Child
Theotiste DESROCHERS dite HOUDE was born 5 October 1795, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 26 years old.

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

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.

1818 Marriage of Child
Theotiste DESROCHERS dite HOUDE married 1 September 1818, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada to Joseph-Ange FORCADE

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England