Joseph Robidoux II
The Robidoux family played a major role in settling Canada and America from the 17th to the 19th centuries. This family was instrumental in the history of New France in Canada, and the expansion of American territories to such places as St. Joseph, Missouri, and San Bernardino, California. The descendants of the patriarch Manuel Robidoux are well known. For example, they are discussed in Meriwether Lewis’ journals, James Michener’s book Centennial, and have been chronicled as traveling with frontiersman Kit Carson.
Manuel Robidoux. Manuel Robidoux (1620-1667) was born in Paris, France and married Catharine Allue (1618-1667) of St. Marie de Galice, from the Bishopry of Burgos, Spain. Their only known child is André Robidoux.
André Robidoux. André Emmanuel Robidoux (1643-1678) was the son of Manuel Robidoux and Catharine Allue. According to Canadian vital and church records, he was born in Galicia, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain. He was married to Le Duc Jeanne Denote (1645-1701), the fifth daughter of Antoine and Catherine Denote, of St. Germain of Auxerre, Paris. André came to Canada after Louis XIV, King of France, made Quebec a royal province and began colonizing what was then known as New France. The exact date of his immigration is unknown, though he did appear in the 1666 Quebec census, so an arrival date around 1665 is reasonable.
It is believed that André’s wife was one of the filles du roi, the King’s Daughters, sent to Quebec to promote marriage, family formation and the birth of children. The date of their marriage is believed to be 1667 and they moved to the concentration of St. Lambert in the Parish of Le Prairie, Quebec, Canada, on 7 June 1667. André and Jeanne had five children, including William (Guillaume) Robidoux.
André, known as the Spaniard, was employed by Eustache Lambert, a prominent landowner. He died at the age of 35 and his widow Jeanne married Jacques Suprenant, and thus became the founding mother of not one, but two of Canada’s largest families.
William Robidoux. William Robidoux (25 November 1675 – 8 July 1754) was the son of André Robidoux and Jeanne Denote. He was born in La Prairie, Quebec, Canada, and part of the first generation of the Robidoux family born in North America.
William married Marie Françoise Guerin (1681-1757) on 11 June 1697 in Montreal. Marie was born on 25 Apr 1681 in Cernay-les-Reims, France, and came to Canada at an early age with her parents. It is likely that her parents were engagés (indentured servants), as her father was a cobbler and mother a domestic, not likely to be able to afford to relocate on their own. William and Jean moved to Longueuil, a town adjacent to La Prairie, in 1705. The baronry of Longueuil was founded by Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay, who, like William’s father, emigrated from France.
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