Robert
GIGUERE dit DESPINS
(b.
9 March 1616
,
Tourouvre, Perch, France
d.
August 1709
,
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
)
Age: 93
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Robert GIGUERE dit DESPINS was born 9 March 1616 in Tourouvre, Perch, France
Robert GIGUERE dit DESPINS was the child of ? and ?Robert was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1645.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Robert married Marie-Aimee MIVILLE 2 July 1652 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marie-Aimee MIVILLE was born 8 December 1635 in Notre Dame, Brouage, Saintes, Saintonge, France. Marie-Aimee died 9 December 1713 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Marie-Aimee was the child of Pierre MIVILLE dit LESUISSE and Charlotte MAUGIS.
Robert GIGUERE dit DESPINS died August 1709 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France .
son of Jean Giguere le Jeune and Michelle Journel who married 26 July 1599 at St-Aubein de Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche, France
Details of the family tree of Robert appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated.
The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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