HOUDE Louis b. Abt 1616 Manou, Nogentle-Rottou, Chartres, France d. Aft 28 Oct 1709 Ste-Croix, PQ, Canada: Freeman-Smith Family Tree

Abt 1616 - Aft 1709 (> 93 years)

Name	HOUDE Louis
Birth	Abt 1616	Manou, Nogentle-Rottou, Chartres, France
Gender	Male
Death	Aft 28 Oct 1709	Ste-Croix, PQ, Canada
	bef Nov 1712
Notes	He was from Manou, ar. Nogentle-Rotrou, ev. Chartres, Preche (now Eure-et-Loir), in France. He answered that he was 49 at the 1666 recording, and 51 in 1667 and 57 years in 1681, living at l'Isle d Orleans. He was cited as being in Sillery 27 Aug 1653, as a mason. He was married at the Notre-Dame-de Quebec, in Quebec City, PQ. Louis Houde, son of Noël Houde and Anne Lefebvre was born in 1617 in Manou, diocese of Chartres in the county of Perche, now the department of Eure et Loir. He arrived in New France in 1647 and worked for at least three years in the household of the Seigneur Noël Juchereau de Chastellées. He quickly acquired land in Saint-Augustin, in Quebec City (where the Grand-Allée is now) and in the seignory of Sillery. He married Madeleine Boucher on January 12, 1655 in her father's home at Château-Richer. Madeleine--daughter of Marin Boucher and Perrine Mallet--was fourteen years old. Within the next two years Louis acquired new farms in Beaupré and on the Ile d'Orléans. In 1658, the family was established on land with a frontage of four arpents (about 767 feet) along the river and extending into the island. They remained there over the twenty four years that saw the birth of thirteen of their fourteen children. (For most of the history of French Canada, land was held by "Seigneurs" or land-lords who received rents from those who held leases which were bought, sold and passed to heirs much like deeds.) As the children began to establish their own homesteads, the farm was obviously too small. Consequently, the family moved to Sainte-Croix de Lotbinière (above Quebec on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence) on a huge holding acquired from the Ursulines of Québec. The sons each had their own holding and some of them took surnames reflecting the characteristics of their land: Desrochers (stony), Desruisseaux (with brooks), Bellefeuille (with trees). Louis Houde was obviously successful in his business dealings and by way of philanthropy donated the land for the first church of Sainte- Croix. Although all records are lost, it is thought that Louis Houde died in 1712 at the age of 95. (His wife lived on to an equally venerable age.) The descendants of Louis Houde and Madeleine Boucher are now found throughout Canada and in many areas of the United States.
Person ID	I4138	Freeman-Smith
Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

Father	HOUDE Noël, b. 1590, Manou, Perche, Normandy d. Manou, Perche, France
Relationship	natural
Mother	LEFEBVRE Anne, b. Abt 1590, Manou, Perche, France d. Manou, Perche, France
Relationship	natural
Marriage	1615	Manou, Perche, France
Family ID	F4139	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family BOUCHER Madeleine, b. Abt 1641, Quebec, PQ, Canada d. Bef 28 Oct 1709, Laneuville, Ste-Croix, PQ, Canada (Age < 68 years)

Marriage 12 Jan 1655 Notre Dame De Quebec, PQ, Canada

Children

	1. Houde Jean Baptiste, b. Abt 1658, Canada, Nouvelle France d. Bef 29 Mar 1701, Saint-Nicolas, Canada, Nouvelle France (Age < 43 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Houde Françoise, b. Abt 1660, Château-Richer, Canada, Nouvelle France d. 26 Apr 1665, Château-Richer, Canada, Nouvelle France (Age 5 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Houde Louis, b. 28 Sep 1662, Château-Richer, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. Bef 1725, Sainte-Croix, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age < 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Houde Gervais, b. 23 Dec 1664, Château-Richer, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. 02 Mar 1716, Sainte-Croix, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 51 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Houde Jacques, b. 24 Mar 1667 d. 23 Mar 1748 (Age 80 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Houde Marie, b. 06 Aug 1669, Sainte-Famille, Île d'Orléans, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. Bef 23 Jul 1717, Sainte-Croix, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age < 47 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Houde Claude, b. 11 Jul 1671, Sainte-Famille, Île d'Orléans, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. Bef Jan 1728, Lotbinière, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age < 56 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Houde Marie Louise, b. 23 Dec 1673, Saint-Famille, Île d'Orléans, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. Bef 14 Apr 1713, Sainte-Croix, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age < 39 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	9. Houde Marie Anne, b. 22 Dec 1674, Sainte-Famille, Île d'Orléans, Canada, Npuvelle-France d. 05 Jan 1675, Sainte-Famille, Île d'Orléans, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	10. Houde Louis, b. 23 Dec 1675, Saint-Famille, Île d'Orléans, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. 20 Apr 1729, Sainte-Croix, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 53 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	11. Houde Joseph, b. 25 Jun 1678, Sainte-Famille, Île d'Orléans, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. 27 Jul 1749, Sainte-Croix, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	12. Houde Simon, b. 30 May 1680, Sainte-Famille, Île d'Orléans, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. 21 Apr 1716, Neuville, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 35 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	13. Houde Étienne, b. 04 Apr 1682, Sainte-Famille, Île d'Orléans, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. 27 Aug 1750, Lotbinière, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	14. Houde Marie Angélique, b. 1684, Sainte-Famille, Île d'Orléans, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. 23 Apr 1727, Lotbinière, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 43 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F4138 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 27 Jan 2026