Joseph HOUDE dit BELLEFEUILLE

Born

25 June 1678 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

27 July 1749 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

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Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS Madeleine BOUCHER

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Born: 25 June 1678 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS

Mother: Madeleine BOUCHER

Maternal grandparents: Marin BOUCHER , Perrine MALLET

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Joseph married Louise-Angélique GARNIER (GRENIER) 5 August 1697 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louise-Angélique GARNIER (GRENIER) was born 27 October 1676 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Louise-Angélique died abt. 1698 in . Louise-Angélique was the child of François GARNIER dit PELLERIN (GRENIER) and Jacqueline Marie (Jacquette) FRESLON.

Joseph HOUDE dit BELLEFEUILLE died 27 July 1749 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France.
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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 BELLEFEUILLE married

Louise-Angélique GARNIER (GRENIER)
Marriage date: 5 August 1697
Marriage place: Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Louise-Angélique GARNIER (GRENIER) was the child of François GARNIER dit PELLERIN (GRENIER) and Jacqueline Marie (Jacquette) FRESLON

Children of Joseph HOUDE dit BELLEFEUILLE and Louise-Angélique GARNIER (GRENIER)

Marie-Louise HOUDE dite BELLEFEUILLE

Born: abt. 1698, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 24 December 1757, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre-François LAMBERT 2 September 1714 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Marie-Françoise HOUDE dite BELLEFEUILLE

Born: 1 October 1700, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Died: 9 March 1774, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Louis HAMEL 10 August 1716 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1678
25 June 1678
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

'Joseph, born in 1678 and married in 1697 to Louise-Angelique Garnier, a family from Pointe-aux-Trembles and Sainte-Croix.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VII, Page 123

1697 Marriage / Partner
Joseph HOUDE dit BELLEFEUILLE and Louise-Angélique GARNIER (GRENIER) 5 August 1697 , Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

He was 19 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1700 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise HOUDE dite BELLEFEUILLE was born 1 October 1700, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Joseph was 22 years old.

1714 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise HOUDE dite BELLEFEUILLE married 2 September 1714 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada to Pierre-François LAMBERT

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France