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flag female ancestor  Madeleine  BOUCHER

Born
4 August 1641 Québec, Canada, New France
Madeleine  married  Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS 12 January 1655 in Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS  was born 1 July 1617 in Manou, Eure-et-Loire, France.  Louis died abt. 1712 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France. 

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Madeleine  married  Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS 12 January 1655 in Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS  was born 1 July 1617 in Manou, Eure-et-Loire, France.  Louis died abt. 1712 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France. 
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Madeleine BOUCHER

Madeleine BOUCHER married immigrant flag male ancestor Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS
Marriage date: 12 January 1655
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Marriage notes:
NOTRE-DAME-DE-QUEBEC, QUEBEC, CANADA
"MADELEINE (1641), THE ANCESTRESS OF THE HOUDE (AND HOULE) FAMILIES, BY HERE MARRIAGE TO LOUISE HOUDE IN 1660."
THOMAS J. LAFOREST
OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME IV, PAGE 64
"...SOME TWO YEARS LATER OUR ANCESTOR, WHO WAS APPROACHING FORTY, HAD HAD ENOUGH OF BACHELORHOOD. HE WAS READY FOR MARRIAGE, AND IN ORDER TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME, HE FIXED HIS SIGHTS ON A YOUNG GIRL OF THIRTEEN, MADELEINE BOUCHER. THE NUPTIAL CEREMONY TOOK PLACE ON 12 JANUARY 1655, IN HER FATHER'S HOUSE AT CHATEAU-RICHER."
THOMAS J. LAFOREST
OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME VII, PAGE 118


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Children of Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Madeleine BOUCHER


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Early 1600s–1760
Canada, New France
1760–1763
Canada
1763–1791
Province of Québec
1791–1867
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1867–present
Québec, Canada

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BirthBirth — 1641
4 August 1641
Québec, Canada, New France
Madeleine BOUCHER - TITLE	LES VIEILLES FAMILLES DYAMACHICHE ... VOLUMES 1-2 OF LES VIEILLES FAMILLES DYAMACHICHE, FRANÇOIS PIERRE SÉVÈRE LESIEUR DESAULNIERS PUBLISHER
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TITLE LES VIEILLES FAMILLES D'YAMACHICHE ...
VOLUMES 1-2 OF LES VIEILLES FAMILLES D'YAMACHICHE, FRANÇOIS PIERRE SÉVÈRE LESIEUR DESAULNIERS
PUBLISHER C. O. BEAUCHEMIN & FILS, 1898
ORIGINAL FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
DIGITIZED FEB 20, 2008
PAGE 121

Kings and Queens1643 - May 14 - Louis XIV becomes King of France
marriage1655 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine BOUCHER and Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS 12 January 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 13 years old.
1658 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX was born 14 March 1658, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Madeleine was 16 years old.
1662 Birth of Child
Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS was born 28 September 1662, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Madeleine was 21 years old.
1664 Birth of Child
Gervais HOUDE was born 23 December 1664, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Madeleine was 23 years old.
1665 Death of Child
Françoise HOUDE died 26 April 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Madeleine was 23 years old.
1667 Birth of Child
Jacques HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX was born 24 March 1667, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 25 years old.
1669 Birth of Child
Marie HOUDE was born 10 August 1669, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 28 years old.
1671 Birth of Child
Claude HOUDE was born 11 July 1671, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 29 years old.
1674 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne HOUDE was born 25 December 1674, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 33 years old.
1675 Birth of Child
Louis HOUDE was born 23 December 1675, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 34 years old.
1675 Birth of Child
Louise HOUDE was born 23 December 1675, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 34 years old.
1678 Birth of Child
Joseph HOUDE dit BELLEFEUILLE was born 25 June 1678, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 36 years old.
marriage1678 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX married 23 August 1678, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France to Marie-Anne ROULEAU (SANSOUCY)
1680 Birth of Child
Simon HOUDE was born 31 May 1680, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 38 years old.
1681 Canadian Census Comte de St.-Laurent
Louis Houde, macon, 57
Madelaine Boucher, sa femme, 40
enfants:
Louis, 19
Gervais, 17
Jacques, 14
Marie, 12
Claude, 10
Louise, 8
Louis, 6
Joseph, 3
Simon, 1

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1682 Birth of Child
Étienne HOUDE was born 4 April 1682, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 40 years old.
marriage1685 Marriage of Child
Marie HOUDE married 17 October 1685, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France to Isaac-Joseph GARNIER (GRENIER)
marriage1686 Marriage of Child
Jacques HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX married 6 October 1686, , Québec Province, Canada to Marie-Louise-Françoise BEAUDET
marriage1689 Marriage of Child
Gervais HOUDE married 24 November 1689, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France to Anne-Catherine DENEVERS
marriage1691 Marriage of Child
Louise HOUDE married 26 MAY 1691, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France to Charles LEMAY
marriage1697 Marriage of Child
Louis HOUDE married 19 May 1697 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France to Anne-Ursule BISSON
marriage1697 Marriage of Child
Joseph HOUDE dit BELLEFEUILLE married 5 August 1697 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France to Louise-Angélique GARNIER (GRENIER)
1701 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX died 29 March 1701, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 59 years old.
marriage1703 Marriage of Child
Simon HOUDE married 23 November 1703, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France to Marie-Anne FRECHETTE
marriage1708 Marriage of Child
Étienne HOUDE married 16 April 1708, Lotbinière, Canada, New France to Ursule-Élisabeth DENEVERS
DeathDeath — 1709
28 October 1709
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France
She died at the age of 68.
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