Marie HOUDE dite LECLERC

(b. 12 January 1804 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 23 October 1876 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )

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Marie HOUDE dite LECLERC was born 12 January 1804 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Marie HOUDE dite LECLERC was the child of Augustin-Claire HOUDE and Marie GILL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin-Claire HOUDE and Geneviève-Thérèse MARTEL dite LAMONTAGNE (maternal) François GILL and Marie-Anne COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ

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

Marie married Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE 11 February 1823 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE was born 18 January 1797 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Joseph died 28 March 1831 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Joseph was the child of Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE and Marie-Thérèse MANSEAU dite ROBIDAS.

Marie HOUDE dite LECLERC died 23 October 1876 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, 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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Marie HOUDE dite LECLERC married

Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE-- Date: 11 February 1823 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE was the child of Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE and Marie-Thérèse MANSEAU dite ROBIDAS

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Children of Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE and Marie HOUDE dite LECLERC:

Marguerite BELISLE dite CHEVREFILS (b.3 March 1825, , Québec Province, Canada d. 20 October 1906, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada )
m. Jacques CARPENTIER 25 November 1845 in Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

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1804 Birth
12 January 1804
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Marriage / Partner
Marie HOUDE dite LECLERC and Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE 11 February 1823, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She was 19 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

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

1825 Birth of Child
Marguerite BELISLE dite CHEVREFILS was born 3 March 1825, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie was 21 years old.

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE died 28 March 1831, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BELISLE dite CHEVREFILS married 25 November 1845, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville) to Jacques CARPENTIER

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.