Jean-Baptiste GODIN dit DELAPOTERIE

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16 January 1739 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

28 March 1800 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Nicolas GODIN dit DELAPOTERIE Marie-Madeleine GILBERT

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Born: 16 January 1739 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Nicolas GODIN dit DELAPOTERIE

Mother: Marie-Madeleine GILBERT

Maternal grandparents: Étienne GILBERT , Marguerite THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT)

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Jean-Baptiste married Elisabeth-Isabelle BOILEAU 4 November 1765 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . Elisabeth-Isabelle BOILEAU was born 4 December 1748 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Elisabeth-Isabelle was the child of René BOILEAU and Marie-Anne ROBERT dite FONTAINE.

Jean-Baptiste GODIN dit DELAPOTERIE died 28 March 1800 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
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Recorded occupation: forgeron

A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France

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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Jean-Baptiste GODIN dit DELAPOTERIE married

Elisabeth-Isabelle BOILEAU
Marriage date: 4 November 1765
Marriage place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

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Elisabeth-Isabelle BOILEAU was the child of René BOILEAU and Marie-Anne ROBERT dite FONTAINE

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Birth — 1739
16 January 1739
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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GODIN dit DELAPOTERIE and Elisabeth-Isabelle BOILEAU 4 November 1765, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 26 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.