52 Ancestors: #36, Jean-Baptiste Robidas (1787-1854)

My immigrant 8th great-grandfather, Jacques Robidas-Manseau, named his fifth son Jean-Baptiste – the first in a string of four successive "Jean-Baptiste Robidas" in my ancestry. The great-grandson and namesake of that first Jean-Baptiste was my fourth great-grandfather.

My 4x great-grandpa was born and baptized on 16 December 1787 in Baie-du-Febvre, Quebec, the third child of Jean-Baptiste Robidas and Marie Jeanne Lupien. (He was actually the second child of the family to bear the name; their first child, born in 1784 and named after his father, had lived only six months.) His baptismal sponsors were his aunt (his father's sister) and her husband, Monique Robida and Louis Beaulac.¹

Baptism of Jean-Baptiste Robida, 16 Dec 1787

Jean-Baptiste married Divine Louise ("Ludivine") Girardeau on 21 November 1814, at La Visitation-du-Pointe-du-Lac parish in Pointe-du-Lac, Quebec,² which was Divine's birthplace.

Marriage of Jean-Baptiste Robidas and Divine "Girardot", 21 Nov 1814

 They had at least twelve children:

1. Joseph (1815-1888), married Dorothee Boudreau
2. Jean-Baptiste (1818-1877), married Rose-de-Lima Gauthier
3. Margueritte (1820-????)
4. Theodule (Jan 1822-Sep 1822)
5. Julie-Emilie (1823-bef 1893), married Ignace-dit-Augustin Gauthier
6. Theodule (Mar 1825-Dec 1826)
7. Jean-Richard (Apr 1827-Jun 1827)
8. Marie Marguerite (1828-1901), married Louis Mosly-Reid
9. Marie (1829-1893), married Georges Paquin
10. Joseph (1830-????)
11. Louis (1832-1921), married Marie Deshaies-St. Cyr
12. Thomas Damase (1834-aft 1911), married 1) Louise Brown-dit-Luke, 2) Caroline Mariage

Jean-Baptiste died on 14 June 1854 at Stanfold (Princeville), Arthabaska, Quebec. He was buried on 17 June in the Saint-Eusèbe-de-Stanfold parish cemetery.³

Burial of Jean-Baptiste Robida, 17 Jun 1854

My descent from Jean-Baptiste Robidas:

• Jean-Baptiste Robidas + Divine Louise "Ludivine" Girardeau
• Louis Robidas + Marie Deshaies-Saint Cyr
• Louis Rabideau + Marie Célina Cloutier
• Peter Louis Rabideau + Eva May Woodward
• Glenna Marie Rabideau + William George Murphy (my maternal grandparents)

(Note: This post is in response to Amy Johnson Crow's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" challenge at No Story Too Small.)

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SOURCES

1. Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre Parish (La-Baie-du-Febvre, Quebec), parish registers, vol. 2, 1773-1784 and 1795, folio 17v, baptism of Jean-Baptiste Robida, 16 Dec 1787; digital images, "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 16 Sep 2014), path: Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre > Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1773-1812 > image 206 of 903. This is the church (Presbytere) copy.
2. La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac Parish (Pointe-du-Lac, Quebec), "Registre de la Paroisse de la Visitation de la Pointe du Lac 1814," folio 5r/5v, marriage of Jean-Baptiste Robidas and Divine "Girardot", 21 Nov 1814; digital images, "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 16 Sep 2014), path: Pointe-du-Lac > La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1749-1759, 1786-1829 > image 685 of 917. This is the courthouse (Greffe) copy.
3. Saint-Eusèbe-de-Stanfold Parish (Stanfold or Princeville, Quebec), parish registers, 1849-1856, folio 113r, burial of Jean-Baptiste Robida, 17 Jun 1854; digital images, "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 16 Sep 2014), path: Princeville > Saint-Eusèbe-de-Stanfold > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1849-1876 > image 182 of 702.