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Joseph-Aldéric-Oscar Godbout O.F.M. (1886 - 1960)

Père Joseph-Aldéric-Oscar (Archange) Godbout O.F.M.
Born in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canadamap
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Died at age 73 in Montréal, Québec, Canadamap
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Archange Godbout O.F.M. is Notable.

Aldéric Godbout naquit le 25 mai 1886 à Saint-Vallier, comté de Bellechasse. Il fit profession dans l'Ordre des frères mineurs en 1907 et prit le nom d'Archange. Il fut ordonné prêtre en 1913. Toute sa vie, il s'intéressa à l'histoire, au folklore et à la généalogie. Il profita de deux séjours en France, de 1919 à 1923 et de 1928 à 1932, pour faire de minutieuses recherches sur l'histoire des Récollets et sur l'origine des familles canadiennes. En 1943, il fondait la Société généalogique canadienne-française. Il mourut le 23 mai 1960. Il était l'auteur de plusieurs ouvrages et collabora à plusieurs revues, dont Culture, le Bulletin des Recherches Historiques et les Mémoires de la Société généalogique canadienne-française, dont il était le directeur, et où il publia plus de trois cents articles et notules.[1] Il est décédé à Montréal.[2]

Archange Godbout was born Joseph Aldéric Oscar Godbout on 25 May 1886 in Saint-Vallier, Québec. His parents were Étienne Godbout and Flore Roy.[3] He was a Franciscan priest, a historian, a genealogist, a professor and an author. One of his most important works is Origine des familles canadiennes, published in 1925. He also founded La Société généalogique canadienne-française. He passed away in 1960 at the age of 73.

Sources

  1. Rapport de l'Archiviste de la province de Québec, 1965, 1965 Inventaire du fonds Archange Godbout pg 135-144 Nos ancêtres au XXVII siècle (suite) Bouteillier-Brassard R.P. Archange Godbout pg 136
  2. Fiche de décès, Aldéric Godbout, Institut Généalogique Drouin (membership)
  3. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, accessed on ancestry.com




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