Marie-Catherine HOUDE

(b. 9 January 1757 , Berthierville, Canada, New France d. 18 February 1793 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Catherine HOUDE was born 9 January 1757 in Berthierville, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine HOUDE was the child of Joseph HOUDE (HOULE) and Agathe-Marie-Rosalie DÉSORCY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean HOUDE and Marie-Françoise DUBOIS (maternal) Gabriel DÉSORCY and Marie-Catherine LETENDRE

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

Marie-Catherine married Francois-Amable TESSIER dit LAVIGNE abt. 1792 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois-Amable TESSIER dit LAVIGNE was born 1 July 1746 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Francois-Amable died 2 April 1812 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Francois-Amable was the child of Jacques TESSIER and Josephte BEAUDOIN.

Marie-Catherine HOUDE died 18 February 1793 in Berthierville, 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.

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Marie-Catherine HOUDE married

Francois-Amable TESSIER dit LAVIGNE-- Date: abt. 1792 Place:
Francois-Amable TESSIER dit LAVIGNE was the child of Jacques TESSIER and Josephte BEAUDOIN

Children of Francois-Amable TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Catherine HOUDE:

Elisabeth TESSIER (b.3 November 1792, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 17 December 1865, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East )
m. Francois GEOFFROY 7 October 1816 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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1757 Birth
9 January 1757
Berthierville, Canada, New France

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 Birth of Child
Elisabeth TESSIER was born 3 November 1792, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Catherine was 35 years old.