Nicolas Godbout

1634 - 1674  (40 years)

• Name	Nicolas Godbout
  	Some passenger list records (which do not have original documents attached) indicate Nicolas arrived in Canada in 1654.
  Birth	1634	Dieppe, Rouen, France
  	Another source lists Nicolas's birth as Caen, France.
  Christening	18 May 1635	Dieppe, Rouen, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Sep 1674	Quebec, Canada
  Person ID	I485	Simmons/Truax Family Trees
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Michel Godbout,   b. 1605, France d. 1680, Quebec, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Collette Caron,   b. France
  Family ID	F218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie Marthe Bourgoin,   b. 1638, Paris, France d. 19 Dec 1682, Notre Dame, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	9 Jan 1662	Quebec, Canada
  Children	+ 1. Antoine Godbout,   b. 17 Nov 1669 + 2. Nicolas Godbout,   b. 1667, Ile-d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada d. 27 May 1720, Ile-d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Nicolas Godbout (some records say “Godebout” or “Godeboust”) founded the Godbout region of Quebec. He was a navigator of a local river, which was consequently named after him and today is known as the Godbout River. Nicolas Godbout arrived from France in 1654, from Dieppe (some records say Caen), France. He would go on to help settle the Ile-d’Orleans area of what is now part of metropolitan Quebec City. Today, Godbout, Quebec has less than 300 hundred people living in the region, and tourism is its main economy. There is a ferry line, Matane-Godbout, which provides access to the region. I have to wonder if the pictures of my Grandmother Celia in Quebec, with a “Captain Godbout,” were taken to commemorate a trip she took on this ferry route? Did she visit Godbout, Quebec? There are no pictures to confirm this.