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![Show Contents]() Houdin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 France
Early Origins of the Houdin familyThe surname Houdin was first found in Auvergne, a historic province in south central France where the family was established in a village in Haute-Loire, in the district of Puy. Early History of the Houdin familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Houdin research. Another 97 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1741, 1744, 1812, 1828, 1830, 1854, 1859, 1860, 1904, 1913 and 1919 are included under the topic Early Houdin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Houdin Spelling VariationsThere were a great number of spelling variations in French surnames. One reason for this was the wide variety of cultural influences present in France during the early development of the French language. The many spelling variations of the name include Houde, Houdé, Houdet, Houdain, Houdin, Houdinier, Houdinière, Houdon, Houdard, Houdart, Houdiard and many more. Early Notables of the Houdin familyAnother 35 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Houdin Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Houdin migration to the United States | + |
By 1643 there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Since immigration was slow, early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The distinguished family name Houdin has made significant contributions to the culture, arts, sciences and religion of France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Houdin were
Houdin Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Michael Houdin, who landed in New York, NY in 1744 1
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Houdin Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century- Mr. Jean Houdin, (b. 1635), aged 20, French labourer travelling to Canada to work for François Peron, arriving on 7th August 1655 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Houdin (post 1700) | + |
- Jean Eugène Robert Houdin (1805-1871), French conjurer and magician
- Henri Houdin, engineer, Vic-sur-Aisne
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Debien, Gabriel. Liste Des Engagés Pour Le Canada Au XVIIe Siècle. Vol. 6, Laval University, 1952. (Retreived 24th May 2018). Retrieved from https://lebloguedeguyperron.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/130-liste-des-contrats-dengagement-pour-la-nouvelle-france-releves-a-la-rochelle-entre-1634-et-1679/
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Houdin migration to the United States 
Houdin migration to Canada 
