Basile JEAN dit GODON

(b. 5 March 1740 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France d. 20 July 1790 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Basile JEAN dit GODON was born 5 March 1740 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Basile JEAN dit 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)

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Basile married Marguerite TRUDEL 26 September 1763 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite TRUDEL was born 26 April 1739 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 18 June 1810 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marguerite was the child of Charles TRUDEL and Geneviève MATHIEU.

Basile JEAN dit GODON died 20 July 1790 in Québec, Province of Québec, 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.

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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Basile JEAN dit GODON married

Marguerite TRUDEL-- Date: 26 September 1763 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marguerite TRUDEL was the child of Charles TRUDEL and Geneviève MATHIEU

Children of Basile JEAN dit GODON and Marguerite TRUDEL:

Marie GODON (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 August 1845, Batiscan, Canada East )
m. Alexis TESSIER 23 February 1789 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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1740 Birth
5 March 1740
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

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

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Basile JEAN dit GODON and Marguerite TRUDEL 26 September 1763, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 23 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Marriage of Child
Marie GODON married 23 February 1789, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Alexis TESSIER