Marguerite JEAN dite GODON

(b. 19 April 1735 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France d. 9 March 1808 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite JEAN dite GODON was born 19 April 1735 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Marguerite JEAN dite GODON was the child of Pierre-Charles JEAN dit GODON and Marie-Elisabeth MAGNAN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre JEAN dit GODON and Marie-Catherine BLONDEAU (maternal) Germain MAGNAN and Marie DERY (D'HERY)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME 20 October 1760 in Montréal, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME was born 16 October 1738 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jean-Baptiste died 7 December 1823 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jacques BERTHIAUME and Françoise CASSE (LACASSE).

Marguerite JEAN dite GODON died 9 March 1808 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada.

m. Berthiaume Jean-Baptiste

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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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Marguerite JEAN dite GODON married

Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME-- Date: 20 October 1760 Place: Montréal, Canada
Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME was the child of Jacques BERTHIAUME and Françoise CASSE (LACASSE)

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME and Marguerite JEAN dite GODON:

Jacques BERTHIAUME (b.16 February 1766, Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 November 1842, Contrecœur, Canada East )
m. Ursule VAILLANT 12 August 1788 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

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1735 Birth
19 April 1735
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1760 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite JEAN dite GODON and Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME 20 October 1760, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 25 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1766 Birth of Child
Jacques BERTHIAUME was born 16 February 1766, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Marguerite was 30 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.