Robert Giguere

1616 - 1709  (93 years)

• Name	Robert Giguere
  Birth	Wednesday 9 March 1616	Tourouvre, Departement De L'Orne, Basse-Normandie, France   [1, 2]
  Christening	Wednesday 9 March 1616  [2]
  Same Person as in:	9MTR-C8
  Same Person as in:	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123163599/robert-giguere
  Has a Biography	Y
  Death	August 1709	Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, La Côte-De-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada   [1, 3]
  Burial	Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, La Côte-De-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada   [1]
  Origins
  Person ID	I56	irish
  Last Modified	Saturday 19 June 2021

  
  

  Wife	Aymée Miville           b. Sunday 12 August 1635, Saintes, Departement De La Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France           d. Saturday 9 December 1713, Beaupre, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	Tuesday 2 July 1652	Québec, Quebec, Canada   [4, 5]
  Age at Marriage	He : 36 years and 4 months - She : 16 years and 11 months.
  Children	1. Charlotte Giguere           b. Thursday 23 October 1653             bur. Tuesday 5 August 1710 (Age ~ 56 years) ▻ Laurent Philippe  m. Tuesday 15 October 1669;   Antoine Planiol  m. Sunday 25 October 1693   2. Jeanne Giguere           b. Saturday 28 April 1657, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada           d. Tuesday 28 March 1673, Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, La Côte-De-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada (Age 15 years)   3. Marie Giguere           b. Saturday 12 April 1659, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada           d. Monday 4 August 1710, Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, La Côte-De-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada (Age 51 years) ▻ Jean-Baptiste Patissier  m. Monday 10 January 1678   4. Anne Giguere           b. Sunday 16 September 1668, Chateau-Richer, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada           d. Monday 8 November 1762, Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, La Côte-De-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada (Age 94 years) ▻ Pierre Poulain  m. Sunday 13 November 1689   5. Martin Giguere           c. Saturday 2 January 1655 ▻ Marie-Françoise Pinard  m. Thursday 7 May 1682   6. Jean-Baptiste Giguere           c. 1660             bur. Saturday 18 April 1750 (Age ~ 90 years) ▻ Louise Magnan  m. Tuesday 22 January 1704   7. Robert Giguere           c. Sunday 28 January 1663, Chateau-Richer, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada           bur. Thursday 10 December 1711, Montreal, Québec, Canada (Age ~ 48 years)   8. Pierre Giguere           c. Monday 10 August 1665   9. Etienne Giguere           b. Sunday 25 May 1670, Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, La Côte-De-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada           d. Saturday 8 November 1749, Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, La Côte-De-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada (Age 79 years) ▻ Marie-Madeleine Mercier  m. Monday 20 June 1701   10. Angelique Giguere           c. Sunday 3 January 1672, Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, La Côte-De-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada   11. Joseph Giguere           b. Sunday 13 August 1673, Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, La Côte-De-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada           d. Wednesday 20 December 1741, Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, La Côte-De-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada (Age 68 years) ▻ Angélique Mercier  m. Tuesday 11 November 1698   12. Agnès Giguere           c. Tuesday 19 March 1675, Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, La Côte-De-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada ▻ Charles Le Marquis  m. Tuesday 7 January 1698;   Joseph Blondeau  m. Monday 10 October 1701   13. Marguerite Giguere           c. Sunday 5 June 1678, Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, La Côte-De-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada           bur. Monday 13 September 1723 (Age ~ 45 years) ▻ Jean-Baptiste Lebeau  m. Tuesday 1 April 1704
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	Monday 25 May 2020

  
  

• Notes

  BRIEF BIOGRAPHY Robert Giguere was born on 9 Mar 1615 in Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche, France. It's about a kilometer to the west of the church in Tourouvre, on the D 282, a panel where it is necessary to turn to find the "Giguerie". This little road heads toward the small village where Robert Giguere was living when he departed for New France, but he never saw it in it's day. Several documents seem to show that he was born closer to the place near Boullais. At Sainte Anne De Beaupre, on the border of the coast of Sainte Anne, the Robert Giguere Foundation erected a plaque on the land of the ancestor " The Boulais', place name of Tourouvre." It is from here the progenitor of the name Giguere would leave to cross to North America. He died in Aug 1709 in , Quebec. By him alone, the telephone book for Montreal counts about 800 people with this name. Robert Giguere, son of Jean Giguere and Michelle Journel, was born in Tourouvre. We find in his baptismal act "ils sont venus De Tourouvre" (they came from Tourouvre). We don't know when Robert crossed the Atlantic. Perhaps one day we will find his act of departure. The 2nd of July 1652, he married at Quebec City, Aimee Miville, daughter of Pierre Miville dit La Suisse (he was born in Fribourg, Switzerland) and Charlotte Maugis from Saintonge. This family lived at Brouage, the homeland of Samuel De Champlain, up until the time they left for New France. All evidence shows that Robert chose to live in the colony. The preceeding year, he obtained a grant of land near the border of Beaupre, at Petit Cap. The pioneer spent the rest of his life on this land, for we find his name throughout the registers for the parish of Sainte Anne Du Petit Cap. He and his spouse gave a considerable amount of children to New France. One of the principle concerns of the intendant Talon who arrived in 1665, was to take the areas first census, which would take place in the following year. At this time, the couple Giguere/Miville already had three sons and four daughters. One year later, the couple had the same number of children, but the census now indicates that he has twenty acres of workable land and ten animals, which indicates a home well established. During the same period, he was the recorder of his parish and he took good care of the accounts. We find that there are another six children recorded in the registers, for a total of thirteen children of which seven were sons and of these four got married and started families. The patriarch Robert Giguere died in August 1709 at the age of ninety three. His widow survived him four years even though she was twenty years his junior. He was married to Aimee Miville on 2 Jul 1652 in Yamaska, Quebec, Canada. Source: Portraits De Familles Pionieres. Translated from Page 95-99. "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

  
  

• Headstones

  Robert Giguere and Aymee Miville memorial




• Event Map		Birth - Wednesday 9 March 1616 - Tourouvre, Departement De L'Orne, Basse-Normandie, France Marriage - Tuesday 2 July 1652 - Québec, Quebec, Canada Death - August 1709 - Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, La Côte-De-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada Burial - - Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, La Côte-De-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Reference

  Marc Charles Irish, "Robert Giguere" Our Family History (Copy held by Marc Irish), <September 24, 2023>, (URL: https://marcirish.com/getperson.php?personID=I56&tree=irish).