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Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol

 

The following material has been extracted and modified from the original published at Robidou Association of North America.  It is placed here under Fair Use;  the original article may be viewed in its entirety here.

The bulk of this article was researched and authored by Guy Rabideau,the son of Clyde Rabideau.  Their website which offers access to their many outstanding genealogical texts may be found at clyderabideau.com.

The following history details the life of Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol prior to and in New France:

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  • Circa 1636-1640- Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol is born in Sainte-Marie, Spain, the son of Manuel Robidou and Catherine Alue/ Alve. (Note: Sainte-Marie is noted as a parish, and also as being in Galicia in the Diocese of Burgos).
  • circa 1645 or later- Jeanne Denot is born, the daughter of Antoine Denot and Catherine Leduc. She is baptized at Saint-Germain-L’Auxerrois, Paris, France.
  • prior to 20 April 1661- Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol works as a sailor in Nantes, Brittany (now Loire-Atlantique, Pays-de-la-Lorie, France).
  • 20 April 1661- Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol, now in La Rochelle, Aunis (currently Carente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France) enters a contract of engagement with Antoine Grignon, on behalf of merchant Eustache Lambert, obligating Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol to go to Nouvelle-France (New France) and work for 3 years.
  • late spring and summer 1661- Probably working as a member of the crew, Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol sails from La Rochelle, France to Ile-Perce (on the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec), Acadia and finally to Nouvelle-France (New France) aboard La Marguerite, a ship originally hailing from Dieppe, Normandy, (now Seine-Maritime), France.
  • late summer 1661- Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol arrives in Quebec, Nouvelle-France.
  • between late summer 1661 & prior to 15 June 1664- Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol is indentured (engages) to merchant Eustache Lambert in Quebec.
  • 15 June 1665- Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol receives a concession of land on Cote Lauzon (now Levis, Quebec), Nouvelle-France.
  • circa 1664- Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol receives a concesion of land in what is now Sainte-Laurent on Ille-D’Orleans, Nouvelle-France.
  • 13 May 1665- Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol works as a sailor aboard the royal galiotte (type of ship) hailing from Quebec.
  • circa 1665- Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol gives up his concession of land on Cote Lauzon and Ille-D’Orleans.
  • 13 May 1666- Jeanne Denote leaves from La Rochelle as a Fille Du Roi aboard Le Saint-Jean-Baptiste, a ship originally hailing from Dieppe.
  • 1666- Census records show Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol works as a sailor and lives with merchant Eustache Lambert in Quebec.
  • circa 11 August 1666- After first stopping at the Gaspe Peninsula, the ship carrying Jeanne Denot arrives in Quebec.
  • between circa 11 August 1666 & 17 June 1667- Jeanne Denot resides at a house on the grounds of the Ursuline monastery, Quebec.
  • 16 May 1667- Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol and Jeanne Denot contract for marriage in Quebec.
  • 17 June 1667 – Andre Robidoou dit L’Espagnol and Jeanne Denot marry at Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec.
  • 11 July 1669- Marie Romaine Robidou, daughter of Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol & Jeanne Denot, is born, and is baptized the same day at Notre-Dame-de-Quebec. She is named after her godmother Romaine Boudet.
  • circa 1671- Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol, Jeanne Denot, and Marie Romaine Robidou move to the seigneury of LaPrairie, Nouvelle-France, acquiring property within the village of LaPrairie.
  • 10 November 1671- Marguerite Robidou, daughter of Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol and Jeanne Denot, is born, and is baptized the same day at Saint-Francois-Xavier-des-Pres, LaPrairie. She is named after her godmother Marguerite Tenard.
  • 15 January 1672- Sepulture (burial) for Marguerite Robidou (age 2 months) at Saint-Francois-Xavier-des-Pres, LaPrairie.
  • prior to 02 June 1672- Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol acquires property on Cote de la Riviere Saint-Jacques, LaPrairie.
  • 04 December 1672- Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol exchanges with Jean Caillault the property on Cote de la Riviere, Saint-Jacques, LaPrairie, for property on Cote de la Tortue, LaPrairie. He also sells the property in the village of LaPrairie to Pierre Lefebvre.
  • 22 January 1673- The prior concession to Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol by the Compagnie de Jesus of the property on Cote de la Riviere Saint-Jacques, LaPrairie, is confirmed.
  • 20 September 1673- Jeanne Robidou, daughter of Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol and Jeanne Denot, is baptized at Saint-Francois-Xavier-des-Pres, LaPrairie. She is named after her godmother Jeanne Roinay.
  • circa 1674- Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol receives a concession of land on Cote Saint-Lambert, LaPrairie, from the Compagnie de Jesus, and gives up his concession of land on Cote de la Tortue, LaPrairie.
  • 08 December 1674- Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol’s concession of land on Cote Saint-Lambert, LaPrairie, is confirmed by the Compagnie de Jesus.
  • 28 November 1675- Guillaume Robidou, son of Andre Robidou and Jeanne Denot, is baptized at Saint-Francois-Xavier-des-Pres, LaPrairie. He is named after his godfather Guillaume Brunet.
  • 08 November 1677- The Compagnie de Jesus, as seigneur of LaPrairie, inventories all of the concessions, which inventory lists the 08 December 1674 concession to Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol.
  • 15 January 1678- Joseph Robidou, son of Andre Robidou and Jeanne Denot, is baptized at Saint-Francois-Xavier, LaPrairie. He is named after his godfather Joseph Boyer.
  • 01 April 1678- Sepulture (burial) for Andre Robidou dit L’espagnol (age between approximately 38 and 42 years) at Notre-Dame, Montreal, wherein he is noted as residing at LaPrairie. He had fathered five children.
  • 16 August 1678 – Jacques Suprenant dit Sanssoucy and Jeanne Denot marry at Saint-Francois-Xavier, LaPrairie.
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