Louis (Hü) Hü dit Paul (abt. 1670 - 1733)

Born about 1670 in Canada, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Angélique Niquet — married 10 Jun 1699 in St-François-du-Lac, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 2 Apr 1733 at about age 63 in Sorel, Canada, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Louis (Hü) Hü dit Paul lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Louis Hü (later Hú dit Paul) was the eldest son of Paul Hue (later Hus / Hû) and Jeanne Baillargeon. Louis' baptismal record has not been identified but he was born in about 1670 based on his age (11) in the 1681 census (see below). ^{[1] [2]}

Note re names and guidelines:

- Louis' baptismal record is unknown but his name was clearly written on his marriage record as Hü. He later used the "dit" name of Paul (his father's first name) - with his burial record reflecting his name as Louis Hü (or Hú) dit Louis Paul.

- While the family's surname has often been standardized as Hus, there is little or no evidence that spelling was ever used for Louis. However, it is reflected as an alternative spelling above since it appears that way in a number of trees and indexes.

- See references and Research Notes below regarding names appearing in records and applicable Wikitree and Québecois project guidelines.

In 1681, Louis was with his father Paul (whose surname appeared as Hue but with an accent over the e, as Hué or Huė), along with his mother Jeanne Baillargeon and their seven children, with property that included a gun, 7 horned animals and 20 arpents (approximately 17 acres) of riverfront land to the east of Saurel (Sorel): ^[1]

Paul Hué 38, Jeanne Baillargeon, sa femme, 26 ; enfants : Louis 11, Antoine 10, Marc 9, Jean Baptiste 7, Jean 5, Pierre 3, Jeanne 1 1/2 ; 1 fusil ; 7 bêtes à cornes ; 20 arpents en valeur.

The family later expanded and although several of Paul and Jeanne's children passed away early (as was not uncommon), nine of them would eventually go on to marrry into families in the Sorel region. (Note: in many cases indexers "standardized" their surname as Hus in "répertoires" (shown as (std) below) - although original records often reflected other spellings (shown in [brackets] below) - and dit names began in use for many of their children). ^[2]

1. Louis Hü [Hú dit Paul] - b abt. 1670, m 1699-06-10 (Marie Angélique NIQUET), d 1733-04-02
2. Jean Baptiste Antoine Hus (std) - b 1672-03-18
3. Marc Antoine Hus (std) [Hue dit Millet] - bp 1673-10-11, m 1698-12-05 (Françoise LAVALLÉE), d 1756-04-11
4. Jean Baptiste Hus [Hue / Hü dit Depain] - b 1675-03-25, m 1725-07-02 (Marie Josephe NIQUET), d 1733-12-05
5. Jean Hus [Hü dit La Traverse] - b 1677-01-19, m 1714-10-15 (Marie Thérèse NIQUET), d 1732-11-15
6. Pierre (Jean Paul) Hu [Hu dit Cournoyer] - b abt. 1678, m 1700-10-03 (Jeanne VANNET), d 1751-11-28
7. Jeanne Catherine Hû [Hus dite Paul] - b 1680-05-06, m 1702-11-19 (Jean LAVALLÉE), d 1744-01-02
8. Paul Hus (std) [Hû] - b 1681-12-22, d 1690-06-08
9. Marie Hus (std) [Hü] - bp 1683-08-31, m 1711-06-25 (Pierre LOISEAU), br 1760-11-14
10. Léonard Hus (std) - bp 1685-04-13, br 1687-11-28
11. Jean Hus (std) [Hu] - bp 1687-05-08, br 1687-12-01
12. Joseph Huss [Hu] - b 1689-09-18, br 1723-02-19
13. Geneviève Hus (std) [Hü] - bp 1691-05-18, m 1714-06-01 (Pierre SALVAYE / SALVAIL), d 1780-04-21
14. Étienne Hus (std) [Paul Hus] - bp 1694-06-29, m 1719-11-06 (Ursule FAFART / FAFARD), br 1745-06-02
15. Catherine Hus (std) [Hu dite Paul] - bp 1696-11-23, never married (child with Mathurin Deguire), d 1772-02-03

On 10 June 1699, Louis married Marie Angélique Niquet at Saint-François-du-Lac; after having entered into a marriage contract with Angélique the day before. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

The record of his marriage clearly reflects him as Louis Hü, the son of Paul Hü and Jeanne Baillargeon; whereas the notary may have scripted his name as Heu. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Louis and Angélique had fourteen children together from 1701 through 1727, including nine daughters and five sons. ^[6]

Louis passed away on 2 April 1733 and was buried the following day at the church of Saint-Pierre in Sorel. Before that time, Louis' dit name of "Paul" (the first name of his father) had been put into use - and he was noted at his burial as Louis Hü (or Hú) dit Louis Paul. ^[7]

Research Notes

Note re: names and records:

References and notes regarding his father's original surname in Normandy (which was Hue) - as well as variations of that introduced in Nouvelle-France, including Hué, Hus, Hü and Hû (as his father Paul was later known and eventually buried) - are provided in the Research Notes of his father's profile: Paul Hue (later Hus / Hû).

Regarding Louis, his baptismal record has never been located but his marriage record clearly reflects his name as Louis Hü (son of Paul Hü). ^[3] The notary (Ameau) recording his marriage contract may have scripted the name as Heu. ^[4]

Sometime after Louis' marriage, he began to use the dit name of Paul – and on his burial record, he was reflected as Louis Hü (or Hú) but it was indicated that he was called by his dit name (dit Louis Paul). ^[7]

Cyprien Tanguay, who did not have access to Paul's baptism or other records from Normandy and whose printed Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes (DGFC) effectively required names to be "standardized" in order to be grouped together, published the family name as Hus in the late 1800s. ^[8] The practice was continued for the same purpose by René Jetté in his update Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec (DGFQ). He therefore cited the record of Paul's 1645 baptism (which was as Paul Hue) - but he again "standardized" the name as Hus for purposes of his 1983 dictionary. ^[9] The Programme de recherche en démographie historique (PRDH) also did so for demographic purposes. ^[2]

While those genealogical groups and dictionnaries were and remain helpful for connecting family members (and the standardized name spelled as Hus is shown as an alternative spelling), individual records are often specifically indexed and/or directly reflect the particular names associated with an individual for each key event (such as their baptism, marriage or burial) - which can vary over an individual's lifetime and as surnames actually evolved.

In accordance with Wikitree standards and Québecois project guidelines, an individual's particular last name at birth or LNAB (of which there can be only one) is that reflected in records associated with each individual's actual birth or as close to it as available – with later-used names or variations being reflected as appropriate, so that profiles and records are as historically accurate as possible but all variations appear in searches. See Wikitree: guidelines on names and Québecois project: guidelines on names

Note re: dit names:

In the case of this family, "dit" names came into use relatively extensively, and over several generations the descendants of Paul Hue / Hus had new surnames such as Beauchemin, Cournoyer, La Traverse, Lemoine, Millet, Paul, etc.

Following Québecois project guidelines, the LNAB should be the surname of the father on the baptism record (without the dit name) - while the current last name (CLN) field would reflect the combination if applicable (e.g. Hu dit Paul). If the baptismal record for a particular child reflects only what was originally a dit name (e.g. Paul), then that is considered the appropriate LNAB. See: Québecois project: guidelines on "dit" names

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wikisource Recensement 1681 Census selon Benjamin Sulte Histoire des Canadiens-français, Tome 5, chap. 4
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Programme de recherche en démographie historique (Université de Montréal) avec l'Institut généalogique Drouin PRDH Famille 2739 – Paul Hus et Jeanne Baillargeon (m 1669-06-16)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Mariage - Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979, database with images, FamilySearch Mariage de Louis Hü (fils de Paul Hü) et Marie Angelique Niquet
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Inventaire des greffes des notaires du Régime français; vol. XXVI, p. 27, no. 529. Notaire Séverin Ameau: Contrat de mariage entre Louis Heu (Hus), fils de Paul Heu et de Jeanne Baillargeon, de St-Pierre de Sorel; et Angélique Niquet, fille de Pierre Niquet et de Françoise Lemoine, de St-François du Lac (9 juin 1699). Contrat de mariage
5. ↑ Mariage de Louis Hü avec Marie Angelique Niquet Mariage de Louis Hü fils de Paul Hü – Image brightened to render text visible
6. ↑ Programme de recherche en démographie historique (Université de Montréal) avec l'Institut généalogique Drouin PRDH Famille 8388 – Louis Hus et Marie Angelique Niquet (m 1699-06-10) St-François-du-Lac
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Sépultre: Actes d'état civil et registres d'église du Québec (images of church registers available at Généalogie Québec, Institut généalogique Drouin) LAFRANCE BMS Acte 176195 Sépultre de Lous Hü / Hú (dit Louis Paul)
8. ↑ Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours (DGFC). Tanguay, Cyprien. Québec, Canada: Eusèbe Senécal, 1871; Vol. 1, p. 314; available online at Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, cf. p. 314 (Image 354) Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes
9. ↑ Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec (DGFQ). Jetté, René. Presses de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, 1983, 1176 pages; cf. page 584

See also:

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Tree: Généalogie des Français d'Amérique du Nord

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