Robert GIGUERE dit DESPINS

Born

9 March 1616 , Tourouvre, Perch, France

Died

August 1709 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Age: 93

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, Canada, New France . Marie-Aimee was the child of Pierre MIVILLE dit LESUISSE and Charlotte MAUGIS .

Parents & Family of Robert GIGUERE dit DESPINS

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Robert was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1645.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

son of Jean Giguere le Jeune and Michelle Journel who married 26 July 1599 at St-Aubein de Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche, France

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Robert GIGUERE dit DESPINS

Robert GIGUERE dit DESPINS married

Marie-Aimee MIVILLE
Marriage date: 2 July 1652
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Aimee MIVILLE was the child of Pierre MIVILLE dit LESUISSE and Charlotte MAUGIS

Marriage notes:

"On 2 July 1652, Robert Giguere married Aymee Miville. She was born at Bourage in France, from the marriage of Pierre Miville dit le Suisse and of Charlotte Maugis."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume II, Page 100

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Robert GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Marie-Aimee MIVILLE

Charlotte GIGUERE

Born: 23 October 1653, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Laurent PHILIPPE dit LAFONTAINE 15 October 1669 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Martin GIGUERE dit DESPINS

Born: 2 January 1655, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 28 November 1727, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Françoise PINARD 7 May 1682 Place: Sorel, Canada, New France

Jeanne GIGUERE

Born: 22 July 1657, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 28 March 1673, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Marie GIGUERE

Born: 12 April 1659, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 4 August 1710, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Married: Jean-Baptiste PATISSIER dit SAINT-AMAND 10 January 1678 Place: Sorel, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GIGUERE

Born: 12 July 1660, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 17 April 1750, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Louise MAGNAN 22 January 1704 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Robert GIGUIERE

Born: 28 January 1663, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 10 December 1711, Montréal, Canada, New France

Pierre GIGUERE

Born: 9 August 1665, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 10 December 1711, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne GIGUERE

Born: 16 September 1668, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 7 November 1762, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada

Married: Pierre POULIN 13 November 1689 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Étienne GIGUERE

Born: 25 May 1670, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 8 November 1749, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Madeleine MERCIER 21 June 1701 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Anges-Angelique-Louise GIGUERE

Born: 27 December 1671, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 17 December 1693, Québec, Canada, New France

Joseph GIGUERE

Born: 13 August 1673, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 20 December 1741, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Married: Angélique MERCIER 11 November 1698 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Agnes GIGUERE

Born: 19 March 1675, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 27 July 1760, Kamouraska, Canada

Married: Charles MARQUIS 7 January 1698 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Married: Joseph BLONDEAU dit LAFRANCHISE 10 October 1701 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Marguerite GIGUERE

Born: 5 June 1678, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 13 September 1723, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Jean-Baptiste BAU (LEBEAU) dit LALOUETTE 1 April 1704 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Robert's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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'On 9 March 1616, in the parish of Saint-Aubin or Tourouvre, Michell Jornal gave birth to Robert Giguere, her 16th child. The son of Jehan Giguere, Robert would come to be responsible for the spread of his surname throughout New France, and subsequently, North America... There is no reason to believe that he did not come to Canada about 1645 and then do his service of indenture for at least three years, or maybe even five or six.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume II, Page 99

Biography

GIGUÈRE - from the old French 'giguer' which means 'to frolic, to jump, to fidget'. Nickname given to one who is restless, playful. Robert Giguère was baptized on March 9, 1616 in Saint-Aubin-de-Tourouvre, Orne, France. Son of Jean Giguère and Michelle Journel, he married Aimée Miville, daughter of Pierre and Charlotte Maugis, on February 2, 1652 in Quebec. From this union were born 13 children. He would have arrived in the country between 1644 and 1650, the year he settled in Sainte-Anne-du-Petit-Cap. He died in August 1709, in Sainte-Anne.

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Birth — 1616
9 March 1616
Tourouvre, Perch, France

1652 Marriage / Partner
Robert GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Marie-Aimee MIVILLE 2 July 1652, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 36 years old.

Robert GIGUERE dit DESPINS - 1652 Marriage - Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, QC, Canada

1652 Marriage - Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, QC, Canada

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1653 Birth of Child
Charlotte GIGUERE was born 23 October 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Robert was 37 years old.

1655 Birth of Child
Martin GIGUERE dit DESPINS was born 2 January 1655, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Robert was 38 years old.

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1657 Birth of Child
Jeanne GIGUERE was born 22 July 1657, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Robert was 41 years old.

1659 Birth of Child
Marie GIGUERE was born 12 April 1659, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Robert was 43 years old.

1660 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GIGUERE was born 12 July 1660, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Robert was 44 years old.

1663 Birth of Child
Robert GIGUIERE was born 28 January 1663, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Robert was 46 years old.

1665 Birth of Child
Pierre GIGUERE was born 9 August 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Robert was 49 years old.

1666 Habittans de Beaupré

Robert giguiere - 50 habittant

Aymée Minville - 27 sa femme

Charlotte Giguiere - 12 fille

Martin Giguiere - 11 fils

Jeanne Giguiere - 9 fille

Marie Giguiere - 7 fille

Jean Giguiere - 6 fils

Robert Giguiere - 3 fils

pierre Giguiere - 8 mois fils

Et Simon d'Orillage - 22 domestique Engaigé

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The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1668 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GIGUERE was born 16 September 1668, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Robert was 52 years old.

1669 Marriage of Child
Charlotte GIGUERE married 15 October 1669, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France to Laurent PHILIPPE dit LAFONTAINE

1670 Birth of Child
Étienne GIGUERE was born 25 May 1670, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Robert was 54 years old.

1671 Birth of Child
Anges-Angelique-Louise GIGUERE was born 27 December 1671, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Robert was 55 years old.

1673 Death of Child
Jeanne GIGUERE died 28 March 1673, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Robert was 57 years old.

1673 Birth of Child
Joseph GIGUERE was born 13 August 1673, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Robert was 57 years old.

1675 Birth of Child
Agnes GIGUERE was born 19 March 1675, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Robert was 59 years old.

1678 Marriage of Child
Marie GIGUERE married 10 January 1678, Sorel, Canada, New France to Jean-Baptiste PATISSIER dit SAINT-AMAND

1678 Birth of Child
Marguerite GIGUERE was born 5 June 1678, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Robert was 62 years old.

1682 Marriage of Child
Martin GIGUERE dit DESPINS married 7 May 1682, Sorel, Canada, New France to Marie-Françoise PINARD

1689 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne GIGUERE married 13 November 1689 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France to Pierre POULIN

1693 Death of Child
Anges-Angelique-Louise GIGUERE died 17 December 1693, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Robert was 77 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Marriage of Child
Agnes GIGUERE married 7 January 1698, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France to Charles MARQUIS

1698 Marriage of Child
Joseph GIGUERE married 11 November 1698, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France to Angélique MERCIER

1701 Marriage of Child
Étienne GIGUERE married 21 June 1701, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France to Marie-Madeleine MERCIER

1701 Marriage of Child
Agnes GIGUERE married 10 October 1701, Québec, Canada, New France to Joseph BLONDEAU dit LAFRANCHISE

1704 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste GIGUERE married 22 January 1704, Montréal, Canada, New France to Louise MAGNAN

1704 Marriage of Child
Marguerite GIGUERE married 1 April 1704, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France to Jean-Baptiste BAU (LEBEAU) dit LALOUETTE

Death — 1709
August 1709
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 93.

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