Marie-Madeleine GODIN dite CHATILLON

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4 February 1665 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Pierre GODIN dit CHATILLON Jeanne-Marie ROUSSELIÈRE

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Born: 4 February 1665 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre GODIN dit CHATILLON

Mother: Jeanne-Marie ROUSSELIÈRE

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Marie-Madeleine married Robert HENRY abt. 1678 in Truro, Acadie . The couple had (at least) 16 children.
Robert HENRY was born abt. 1643 in Rouen, France. Robert died 2 May 1736 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie).

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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Spouse & Children of Marie-Madeleine GODIN dite CHATILLON

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Marie-Madeleine GODIN dite CHATILLON married

Robert HENRY
Marriage date: abt. 1678
Marriage place: Truro, Acadie

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Robert Henry or Henri of Rouen, France, evidently raised a Huguenot, also came to Acadia from Canada, where he was counted at Trois-Rivières in 1666 and 1667. He worked there as a domestic servant for Quentin Moral and was confirmed into the Roman Catholic faith at Trois-Rivières on 6 June 1666. Robert moved to Chignecto in c1676 perhaps with the seigneur of Beaubassin, Michel Le Neuf de la Vallière. In c1678, Robert married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Godin dit Châtillon and Jeanne Rousselière. De Meulles counted them at Port-Royal in 1686; one wonders why they left Chignecto. Robert was age 43, and Marie-Madeleine was 20. They were living with four small children, including two sons and a daughter, the youngest child, only a baby, gender and name unrecorded (probably daughter Geneviève, born in January), who had not yet been baptized. De Meulles did not record the size of their farm, but he did say they owned 1 gun, 4 cattle, and 10 sheep. Marie-Madeleine gave Robert 13 children, including six sons who created families of their own.

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Children of Robert HENRY and Marie-Madeleine GODIN dite CHATILLON

Martin Jean HENRY

Born: abt. 1679, Truro, Acadie
Died: abt. 1759, , France

Married: Marie HÉBERT 1699 Place: Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia)

Marie HENRY

Born: abt. 1681, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Noel DOIRON 24 September 1705 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Jean HENRY

Born: abt. 1683, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie HEBERT 1717 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

François HENRY

Born: abt. 1684, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Geneviève HENRY

Born: abt. 1685, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Germain HENRY

Born: abt. 1686, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Cecile DEVEAU 1720

Jacques HENRY

Born: abt. 1686, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Jeanne HENRY

Born: abt. 1688, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Anne HENRY

Born: abt. 1689, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 29 November 1757, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Claude PITRE 17 February 1710 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Rose HENRY

Born: abt. 1691, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 23 October 1759, Cherbourg, France

Married: Noel PINET 1 September 1710 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Madeleine HENRY

Born: abt. 1692, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Benjamin DRUCE 3 February 1711 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Married: Jean-Baptiste RADOUX 1715 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Pierre HENRY

Born: abt. 1700, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 25 February 1770, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marguerite BRAZEAU (BRASSEUR) 2 May 1736 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Cecile HENRY

Born: abt. 1701, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Antoine HENRY

Born: abt. 1704, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Claire HEBERT 1725 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Joseph HENRY

Born: abt. 1708, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Christine-Catherine PITRE 1730 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Catherine HENRY

Born: abt. 1710, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1665
4 February 1665
Québec, Canada, New France

1666 Canadian Census - Nostre Dame des Anges, La Riviere si Charles et Charlesbourg
pierre gaudin - 34 habittant charpentier

Jeanne Roussillet - 30 sa femme

Laurens gaudin - 11 fils

Marie gaudin - 9 fille

Catherine gaudin - 7 fille

gabriel gaudin - 5 fils

Et Marie Magdelaine gaudin - 1 fille
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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