Catherine
GODEFROY
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Born: 22 August 1716 in Montréal, Canada, New France
From New France to Detroit: Tracing the Footsteps of Settlers in the 1700s
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Catherine married Alexis TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX 30 December 1739 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan) . Alexis TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX was born 21 October 1688 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Alexis died 05 June 1769 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Alexis was the child of Antoine TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Catherine LEFEBVRE.
Catherine GODEFROY died 21 July 1777 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan).
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Spouse & Children of Catherine GODEFROY
Alexis TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUXMarriage date: 30 December 1739
Marriage place: Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Alexis TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX was the child of Antoine TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Catherine LEFEBVRE
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Birth — 171622 August 1716
Montréal, Canada, New France
1739 Marriage / PartnerCatherine GODEFROY and Alexis TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX 30 December 1739, Detroit, Michigan, USA
She was 23 years old.
1769 Death of Spouse/PartnerAlexis TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX died 05 June 1769 , Detroit, Michigan, USA
Death — 177721 July 1777
Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
She died at the age of 60.
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