Elisabeth GODILLON

Born

4 February 1649 , Notre-Dame, Hautes-Alpes, France

Died

24 January 1715 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Elisabeth married Leonard ÉTHIER 22 September 1670 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Leonard ÉTHIER was born 17 October 1638 in Chirac, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Leonard died 28 April 1689 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France .

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Elisabeth was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1670.
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Daughter of Nicolas Godillon and Marie Marguerite Boulay

Death record not found in Drouin Collection for Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie - pages are missing.

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Elisabeth GODILLON

Elisabeth GODILLON married

Leonard ÉTHIER
Marriage date: 22 September 1670
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France

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Marriage notes:

Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

Leonard Ethier and Elisabeth Godillion

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Children of Leonard ÉTHIER and Elisabeth GODILLON

Jacques ÉTHIER

Born: 4 October 1671, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Elisabeth-Isabelle ÉTHIER

Born: 2 February 1673, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 26 May 1743, Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Married: Louis FORGET dit DESPATITS 2 March 1688 Place: Lachenaie, Canada, New France

François ÉTHIER (ETIÉ) (ESTIÉ)

Born: 23 October 1674, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 13 November 1738, Repentigny, Canada, New France

Married: Marguerite MILLOT (MILLAULT) 23 November 1701 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Thérèse REGEAS dite LAPRADE 24 January 1715 Place: Lanoraie, Canada, New France

Anne ÉTHIER

Born: 15 March 1676, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 3 June 1713, Laval, Canada, New France

Married: Bertrand-Pierre LALONGE LEGASCON 17 April 1697 Place: Lachenaie, Canada, New France

André-Léonard ÉTHIER

Born: 6 March 1678, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Died: 1 November 1708, Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Marthe CHAUVIN

Married: Anne PERRON 24 April 1704 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

Marguerite ÉTHIER

Born: 24 December 1679, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 26 November 1756, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada, New France

Married: Charles LABELLE 23 February 1705 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

René ÉTHIER

Born: 7 July 1682, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 11 August 1752, Lanoraie, Canada, New France

Married: Marguerite-Madeleine REGEAS dite LAPRADE 03 May 1706 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

Madeleine ÉTHIER

Born: 6 March 1684, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 30 July 1684, Repentigny, Canada, New France

Ursule ÉTHIER

Born: abt. 1686, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 6 August 1719, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Joseph BRUNET 5 April 1712 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

Joseph ÉTHIER dit LECUYER

Born: 21 June 1688, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 27 August 1741, Laval, Canada, New France

Married: Angélique LABELLE 28 November 1713 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
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1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1649
4 February 1649
Notre-Dame, Hautes-Alpes, France

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1663

Godillon, Élisabeth, m. Éthier, Léonard, Sep. 22, 1670

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La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1670 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth GODILLON and Leonard ÉTHIER 22 September 1670, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 21 years old.

1671 Birth of Child
Jacques ÉTHIER was born 4 October 1671, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Elisabeth was 22 years old.

1673 Birth of Child
Elisabeth-Isabelle ÉTHIER was born 2 February 1673, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Elisabeth was 24 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
François ÉTHIER (ETIÉ) (ESTIÉ) was born 23 October 1674, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Elisabeth was 25 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Anne ÉTHIER was born 15 March 1676, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Elisabeth was 27 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
André-Léonard ÉTHIER was born 6 March 1678, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Elisabeth was 29 years old.

1679 Birth of Child
Marguerite ÉTHIER was born 24 December 1679, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Elisabeth was 30 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Signeurie de La Chenaye

Leonard Ethier, sabottier, 40
Elizabeth Faudeloy (Godillion) sa femme, 30
enfants:
Jacques, 10
Elizabeth, 8
Francois, 6
Anne, 4
Andre, 3
Marguerite 1 1/ 2

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

Also found in the same census at Ile-Jesus
Leonard Estier, sabottier, 37
Elizabeth Godillon, sa femme, 30
enfants:
Jacques, 10
Elizabeth, 9
Francois, 7
Anne, 5
Leonard, 2

'The census of 1681 reports the existence of four heads of family living on the Ile Jesus: Michel Buisson, Olivier Charbonneau, Leonard Ethier and the 32 year old Guillaume Labelle.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIV, Page 143

1682 Birth of Child
René ÉTHIER was born 7 July 1682, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Elisabeth was 33 years old.

1684 Birth of Child
Madeleine ÉTHIER was born 6 March 1684, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Elisabeth was 35 years old.

1688 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth-Isabelle ÉTHIER married 2 March 1688, Lachenaie, Canada, New France to Louis FORGET dit DESPATITS

1688 Birth of Child
Joseph ÉTHIER dit LECUYER was born 21 June 1688, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Elisabeth was 39 years old.

1689 Death of Spouse/Partner
Leonard ÉTHIER died 28 April 1689, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

1697 Marriage of Child
Anne ÉTHIER married 17 April 1697 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France to Bertrand-Pierre LALONGE LEGASCON

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1701 Marriage of Child
François ÉTHIER (ETIÉ) (ESTIÉ) married 23 November 1701, Varennes, Canada, New France to Marguerite MILLOT (MILLAULT)

1704 Marriage of Child
André-Léonard ÉTHIER married 24 April 1704 , Laval, Canada, New France to Anne PERRON

1705 Marriage of Child
Marguerite ÉTHIER married 23 February 1705, Laval, Canada, New France to Charles LABELLE

1706 Marriage of Child
René ÉTHIER married 03 May 1706, Laval, Canada, New France to Marguerite-Madeleine REGEAS dite LAPRADE

1708 Death of Child
André-Léonard ÉTHIER died 1 November 1708, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Elisabeth was 59 years old.

1712 Marriage of Child
Ursule ÉTHIER married 5 April 1712 , Laval, Canada, New France to Joseph BRUNET

1713 Death of Child
Anne ÉTHIER died 3 June 1713, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Elisabeth was 64 years old.

1713 Marriage of Child
Joseph ÉTHIER dit LECUYER married 28 November 1713, Laval, Canada, New France to Angélique LABELLE

Death — 1715
24 January 1715
Lachenaie, Canada, New France
She died at the age of 66.

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