Pierre Goodbout

1853 - 1932  (79 years)

• Name	Pierre Goodbout
  	The surname "Goodbout" is likely a clerical mistake when processing for entry from Canada into the U.S. There were stories from my grandmother that there was a desire to not have the term "God" in the name. However, all of Pierre's other siblings who emigrated from Canada are known by their true surname, "Godbout." So, I have to chalk this up to a handwriting and/or transcription error, which was quite common. Also, Pierre was known as "Peter" throughout his public life, including in his obituary. However, his grave marker says "Pierre" and since this was his true name, I've used it here. Pierre was the fifth "Pierre Godbout" -- his father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great grandfather all had this name (though technically the earliest ancestor was "Pierre-Marie"). The surname Godbout is quite common in Quebec for a good reason -- our direct ancestor, Nicolas Godbout, arrived from France and was part of the settlers of Ile-d'Orleans region of what is now modern day Quebec City. There is even a tiny town/region of Godbout, Quebec. [1]
  Birth	28 Jun 1853	Ile-d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada
  Christening	St. Laurent, Ile-d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Aug 1932	Waukegan, IL
  Person ID	I22	Simmons/Truax Family Trees
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Pierre Godbout,   b. 1820, Ile-d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada d. 1901, Quebec, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Rosalie Langlois,   b. 1825, Ile-d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada d. 1901, Quebec, Canada (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	9 Jul 1850	St. Laurent , Ile-d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Tarcile Mador,   b. 2 Jun 1856, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada d. 10 Aug 1947, Waukegan, Lake, IL (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1881	Chicago, Cook, IL
  Children	1. Cecelia Aberdeen Goodbout,   b. 22 Apr 1892, Waukegan, IL d. 6 Jan 1989, Waukegan, IL (Age 96 years)   2. Peter C. Goodbout,   b. 4 Feb 1882   d. 1 Jun 1913 (Age 31 years) + 3. Joseph Leon Goodbout,   b. 26 March 1883   d. 28 Oct 1956 (Age 73 years) + 4. Virginia Lottie Goodbout,   b. 30 June 1894   d. 20 Feb 1963, Long Beach, CA (Age 68 years)   5. Albert E. Goodbout,   b. 26 Dec 1885, Chicago, IL d. 29 Dec 1955, Waukegan, IL (Age 70 years) + 6. Mary Tarcile Goodbout,   b. 24 Nov 1888, Waukegan, IL d. 21 Jul 1964, Burlington, WI (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2017

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Goodbout Family abt. 1900 Seated (left to right): Pierre, Mary T, Tarcile. Standing (left to right): Cecelia A, Peter C., Joseph L., Albert E., Virginia L.
  		Goodbout daughters with Tarcil & Pierre
  		Goodbout Family Mary & Max Hintz wedding 1917
  		Mary Goodbout Hintz with parents Tarcil & Pierre
  		Alphonse & Nellie Mador, Tarcil & Pierre Goodbout
  		Loren Albert Simmons with his maternal grandparents, Tarcil & Pierre Goodbout
  		Tarcil & Pierre Goodbout
  		Pierre Goodbout Peter Goodbout Sr. Christmas 1929
  		Goodbout family 1930s From left to right: Virginia, Mary, Tarcile, Pierre, Albert, Celia, Joseph L. Goodbout. Note: Virginia and Mary may be switched?
  		Peter & Tarcile Goodbout 50th wedding anniversary
  		Peter Goodbout, Peter C. Goodbout, Tarcile Goodbout obituaries
  		Pierre Goodbout Headstone - St. Marys Cemetery 1932

  
  

• Notes

  Pierre Godbout was known as “Peter” and his last name was changed to “Goodbout” upon immigrating to the U.S. The Goodbouts resided at 219 Lake Street when they were raising their family. The building is still standing; Zillow lists the home’s “date built” as the early 1900s. However now it is a multifamily dwelling. I recently learned from my cousins that Peter Goodbout had his name tattooed on his arm because he could not read or write English. His obituary says he worked at the Douglas Boatworks as a shipbuilder, so I’m not sure how much English he knew; certainly enough to have remained employed for his adult years while raising a large family. Pierre's father was also a boat builder in Quebec, as the Ile-d'Orleans area had a thriving shipbuilding industry in the 19th century. Pierre was also the 5th "Pierre Godbout" in his lineage. Pierre named one of his sons "Pierre" but he, too, was known as "Peter" and he died at a young age in 1913. There are many photos of Pierre -- my grandmother Celia was quite the photographer and there are many family snapshots. I see a lot of Celia in him, and he's sporting a fashionable hat in many of these photos. I find him quite dashing!

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Wikipedia - Godbout, Quebec. [S1] Quebec Drouin Collection (Reliability: 3). Baptized at St. Laurent Church, Ile-d\'Orleans, Quebec, Canada. Digitized baptism record downloaded from Ancestry.com, Oct 2017. [S1] Quebec Drouin Collection (Reliability: 3). Digitized marriage record downloaded from Ancestry.com, Oct 2017.