Godfrey was from Quebec but at the time of his marriage was a stock broker in New York City (New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, vol. xcii, no. 2, April 1961). Their were no children from his marriage to Marion Ely Collins. Godfrey studied law in Paris, France (Ely Ancestry. NY : Calumet Press, 1902, pg. 310). The couple apparently also resided for a while in New Haven, Ct. (Ely Ancestry, pg. 310). His gravestone has his birth year as 1844. Naturalization papers have 1845. 1844 is likely correct as he had a sister, Alice, born December 1845.