Joseph CHATEAU dit GODFROY

Born

15 January 1840 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

31 July 1898 , Verona, La Moure, North Dakota, USA

Parents & Family of Joseph CHATEAU dit GODFROY

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Born: 15 January 1840 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Parents of Joseph CHATEAU dit GODFROY

Father

André CHATEAU dit GODFROY

Mother

Marie LEFORT

Grandparents of Joseph CHATEAU dit GODFROY

Paternal grandparents

Jacques GODEFROY dit CHATEAU Marie-Marguerite DIDIER

Maternal grandparents

Louis LEFORT Theotiste VIGNOLA

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Melvina LACOMBE 28 July 1867 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Melvina LACOMBE was born 28 May 1846 in Louiseville, Canada East . Melvina died 22 February 1919 in La Moure, North Dakota, USA. Melvina was the child of Edouard LACOMBE and Aurelie LESAGE.

Joseph CHATEAU dit GODFROY died 31 July 1898 in Verona, La Moure, North Dakota, USA.

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph CHATEAU dit GODFROY

Joseph CHATEAU dit GODFROY married

Melvina LACOMBE
Marriage date: 28 July 1867
Marriage place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada East
Melvina LACOMBE was the child of Edouard LACOMBE and Aurelie LESAGE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph CHATEAU dit GODFROY and Melvina LACOMBE

Georgia Anna GODFREY

Born: 22 March 1879, Sweetsburg, Québec, Canada
Died: 9 April 1934, Lamoure, La Moure, North Dakota, USA

Married: Henry August LAU 13 April 1898

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

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

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1840
15 January 1840
Sorel, Lower Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 Marriage / Partner
Joseph CHATEAU dit GODFROY and Melvina LACOMBE 28 July 1867, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Birth of Child
Georgia Anna GODFREY was born 22 March 1879, Sweetsburg, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 39 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)