Louis GODBOUT

(b. 1 April 1734 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 8 March 1819 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Louis GODBOUT was born 1 April 1734 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Louis 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):

Louis married Madeleine DUFRESNE 14 February 1757 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine DUFRESNE was born 11 September 1739 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Madeleine died 18 June 1782 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Louis DUFRESNE and Marie-Anne LEMELIN.

Louis GODBOUT died 8 March 1819 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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Louis GODBOUT married

Madeleine DUFRESNE-- Date: 14 February 1757 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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Madeleine DUFRESNE was the child of Louis DUFRESNE and Marie-Anne LEMELIN

Children of Louis GODBOUT and Madeleine DUFRESNE:

Madeleine GODBOUT (b.18 May 1762, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre COULOMBE 24 January 1785 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1734 Birth
1 April 1734
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Louis GODBOUT and Madeleine DUFRESNE 14 February 1757, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Madeleine GODBOUT was born 18 May 1762, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Louis was 28 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.

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.