Joseph GODBOUT

Born

31 October 1745 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

27 March 1820 , Québec, Lower Canada

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Jean GODBOUT Marie-Françoise POULIOT (POUILLOT)

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Born: 31 October 1745 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Jean GODBOUT

Mother: Marie-Françoise POULIOT (POUILLOT)

Paternal grandparents: Joseph GODBOUT , Marguerite MANSEAU

Maternal grandparents: Jean POULIOT (POUILLOT) , Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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Joseph married Marguerite BAILLARGEON 20 September 1773 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite BAILLARGEON was born 22 May 1742 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 8 September 1826 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Marguerite was the child of Jean BAILLARGEON and Catherine ISABEL.

Joseph GODBOUT died 27 March 1820 in Québec, Lower Canada .
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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.

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Joseph GODBOUT married

Marguerite BAILLARGEON
Marriage date: 20 September 1773
Marriage place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite BAILLARGEON was the child of Jean BAILLARGEON and Catherine ISABEL

Children of Joseph GODBOUT and Marguerite BAILLARGEON

Marguerite GODBOUT

Born: 23 November 1774, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean COTE 3 March 1794 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Agathe GODBOUT

Born: 25 March 1785, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 28 November 1865, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East

Married: Etienne ROUILLARD 24 January 1803 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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Birth — 1745
31 October 1745
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GODBOUT and Marguerite BAILLARGEON 20 September 1773, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Marguerite GODBOUT was born 23 November 1774, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 29 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Agathe GODBOUT was born 25 March 1785, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Joseph was 39 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Marriage of Child
Marguerite GODBOUT married 3 March 1794, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Jean COTE

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1803 Marriage of Child
Agathe GODBOUT married 24 January 1803, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Etienne ROUILLARD

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.