Louis (Godon) Jean dit Godon (1766 - abt. 1831)

Born 27 Jan 1766 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

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Died about 14 Apr 1831 at about age 65 in Red River Settlement

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Biography

Other variations of Godon (These are all common misspellings by priests, enumerators and other officials)

Godin Goodon Goden Gadon Gadow

Louis Jean dit Godon Sources

Birth: January 27, 1766 -to Francois-Basile Jean dit Godon and Marguerite Trudel Baptism: January 28, 1766

Tanquay, Vol 4- Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes, p.599 (top left corner under the 1763 heading) shows his parents Francois-Basile Jean dit Godon and Marguerite Trudel married at Charlebourg, Sept 26, 1763 and their first born Basile Jean dit Godon baptized Sept 17, 1774 at Ste Anne de la Perade, Quebec. Québec/Fonds Drouin/C/Charlesbourg/1760/1766/ © Drouin Institute -Baptism of Louis Jean dit Godon PRDH-Programme de recherche en démographie historique, individual ID# 365339

Marriage to Therese Guibord:

Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec, Repertoires de notaires (Nototial catalogs), Trois-Rivieres, Trudel, J. Augustin 1637-1935 Notarized January 28, 1800, marriage date January 28, 1800 in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada, notarized by J.Augustin Trudel.

Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 Marriage date: February 4, 1800- Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Québec

Children with Therese: PRDH-Programme de recherche en démographie historique, Family ID# 91515

Therese Godon DOB-1800-11-23 Louis Godon DOB-1802-01-05 Francois Godon DOB-1803-09-10 Dominique Godon DOB- 1804-11-06

Voyageur: Louis Godon was a voyageur employed by M'Tavish Frobisher and Co. ^[1]

In Berthier,Quebec, 21 Octobre 1803, he signed a contract with Jean-Marie Boucher, an agent for M'Tavish , Frobisher and Co to travel to Rainy lake he departs fro Rainy lake in May 1804 prior to the birth of his son Dominique. Archives Judiciaires De Montreal- Voyageur contract with M'TAVISH FROBISHER & CO. for Rainy Lake 1804

Marriage to Louise (Assiniboine woman) No official documents other than word of mouth. Lawrence Barkwell, Metis Historian, Coordinator of Metis History and Culture Research for the Louis Riel Institute in Manitoba has written several biographies on the local Metis families and has written that the were married "according to the custom of the country". Other than this, there is no actual document proving they were 'legally' married.

Children with Louise:

Angelique Godon DOB abt 1818 Louis Godon DOB abt 1816 Josephte Godon abt 1820

N.B. Louis is also sometimes referred to as Louison, however, the name Louison is more typically used to refer to his son.

Family: Son of Louison Godon and Elizabeth Isaac Godon Husband of Louise Godon Godon-19, a Nakota (Assiniboine) Indian. Father of Louis Godon, Angelique Judith Parenteau Godon-10 born circa 1818 at St. Boniface, and Josephte Martel.

A voyageur with Alexandre Henry at Pembina in 1801.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ https://archivesshsb.mb.ca/fr/permalink/voyageurs41472
2. ↑ https://archivesshsb.mb.ca/fr/permalink/voyageurs41472

• This is from the family tree information (which is solely, at this time, word of mouth). I do ask that the profile is respected as being from the traditional use of Oral history. Though Oral history can be hard to quantify to today's standards, it is nonetheless important (and should be respected as such).