Pierre GODBOUT

(b. 25 December 1725 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 14 November 1805 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Pierre GODBOUT was born 25 December 1725 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Pierre GODBOUT was the child of Antoine GODBOUT and Genevieve ROULEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine GODBOUT and Marguerite LABRECQUE (maternal) Guillaume ROULEAU and Catherine DUFRESNE

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

Pierre married Marie-Anne DUFRESNE 10 February 1755 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne DUFRESNE was born 1 May 1737 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne died 31 January 1830 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Louis DUFRESNE and Marie-Anne LEMELIN.

Pierre GODBOUT died 14 November 1805 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada.
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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.

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Pierre GODBOUT married

Marie-Anne DUFRESNE-- Date: 10 February 1755 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne DUFRESNE was the child of Louis DUFRESNE and Marie-Anne LEMELIN

Children of Pierre GODBOUT and Marie-Anne DUFRESNE:

Louise GODBOUT (b.abt. 1761, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada d. 11 April 1812, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. François LETOURNEAU 15 January 1783 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Geneviève GODBOUT (b.10 March 1773, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 May 1855, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East)
m. Antoine ROULEAU 25 July 1793 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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1725 Birth
25 December 1725
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GODBOUT and Marie-Anne DUFRESNE 10 February 1755, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 29 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.

1773 Birth of Child
Geneviève GODBOUT was born 10 March 1773, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 47 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.