Francois GODIN dit CHATILLON

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3 April 1736 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

10 January 1819 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada

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Joseph Jacques GODIN Marie-Anne VERDON

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Born: 3 April 1736 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph Jacques GODIN

Mother: Marie-Anne VERDON

Paternal grandparents: Laurent GODIN dit CHATILLON , Anne GUÉRIN dite BLANCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre VERDON , Marie-Anne AVERTY dite LEGER

Francois GODIN dit CHATILLON died 10 January 1819 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada.

m. Langevin Marie-Louise

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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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Birth — 1736
3 April 1736
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, 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.

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.