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| Alfred Jacob Miller "The Greeting" |
The Robidoux 'fur trading' 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.
GENERATION A, MANUEL ROBIDOU
1620–1667
BIRTH 1620 • St Germain, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
DEATH 1667 • Galicia, Spain
MARRIED Abt. 1642, Catherine Alve (1618–1667)
10th great-grandfather
They are discussed in Meriwether Lewis’ journals, James Michener's book Centennial, and have been chronicled as traveling with frontiersman Kit Carson.
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| Montréal harbour and a moored sailing ship |
GENERATION 1, ANDRE ROBIDOU DIT L’ESPAGNOL
1643–1678
BIRTH 1643 • Galice, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain
DEATH 1 APR 1678 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
MARRIED 7 Jun 1667, Jeanne Denot dit LeDuc (1645–1710)
9th great-grandfather
NOTES: Twenty-two year old Andre Robidoux dit L’Espagnol arrived at New France in 1665.
Andre was known as dit L’Espagnol because he was born and christened in Ste. Marie, Galice, Burgos, Spain about 1640.
The 1666 census for the town of Québec lists Andre as a sailor… it’s there that he began working as a voyageur for Eustace Lambert, a prominent interpreter, settler and fur trader. Working for Lambert, Andre ferried goods and supplies up and down the St. Lawrence for a cents a day plus lodging and board.
On May 16, 1667 he married Jeanne Denot(e), a ‘fille du roi’, in Québec City.
More: http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/10/andre-robidou-dit-lespagnol-voyageur.html
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| Carousing peasants in a cabaret |
GENERATION 2, GUILLAUME ROBIDOU
1675–1754
BIRTH 28 NOV 1675 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
DEATH 1 JUL 1754 • Montréal, Quebec, Canada
MARRIED 1697, Marie Francoise Guerin (1680–1757)
9th great-uncle
NOTES: Guillaume likely used income from the fur trade to become a cabaret owner in Montréal during the 1740s.
Charles Francois Robidou (1720-1801) (1st cousin 9x removed) s/o Guillaume Robidou (1675–1754) died 1801 in River Raisin, Michigan, and was likely involved in the fur trade.
GENERATION 3, JOSEPH ROBIDOU I
1701–1778
BIRTH 20 MARCH 1701 • La Prairie, Québec, Canada
DEATH 30 AUG 1778 • Yamaska, Quebec, Canada
MARRIED 1721, Marie-Anne Fonteneau (1699–1735)
1st cousin 9x removed
NOTES: Joseph entered the fur trade at its peak, but by the middle half of the 18th century the fur trade was in a slow decline, and Joseph's children began migrating south to American cities such as Detroit, Chicago and St. Louis.
He married twice, first to Marie-Anne Fonteneau (1 December 1699 – 16 February 1735), daughter of Pierre Fonteneau, and had six children including Joseph Robidoux II. Widowed, Joseph married second to Marie-Louise Robert (b. 17 October 1715), daughter of André Robert, and had seven children. Joseph died In Yamaska, Quebec, Canada, in 1778.
GENERATION 4, JOSEPH ROBIDOU II
1722–1771
BIRTH 13 SEP 1722 • La Prairie, Québec, Canada
DEATH 12 SEP 1771 • St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States
MARRIED 1749, Marie Anne Le Blanc (1728–1770)
2nd cousin 8x removed
NOTES: Following repeated conflicts with the British, Joseph and his family began to look south for better prospects.
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| Joseph Robidou II, 1756 May 14, voyageur from La Prairie, engaged to Louis Lamy Desfonds and Co., to go to Detroit |
1756 May 14 - Joseph Robidou, voyageur from La Prairie de la Magdelaine, engaged to Louis Lamy Desfonds And Co., to go to Detroit, so at this point Joseph is a voyageur and is gaining knowledge of river trails to the Southwest.
About 1760, Joseph and his family traversed the Chicago Portage to relocate to St. Louis. Other members of the family also settled in Detroit.
His wife Marie-Anne Fonteneau also came from a distinguished family that settled in Quebec in the 18th century. Her great-grandfather was Abraham Martin l’Écossais (the Scotsman), a royal pilot on the St. Lawrence River. The Plains of Abraham are named for him. This is where a famous battle of the Seven Years' War (the French and Indian War) between the British and the French was fought in 1759.
Joseph and Marie had four children, including Joseph Robidoux III. Joseph died in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1771.
GENERATION 5, JOSEPH ROBIDOUX III
1750–1809
BIRTH 12 FEB 1750 • Sault-au-Récollet, Quebec, Canada
DEATH 16 MAR 1809 • St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States
MARRIED 1782, Catherine Rolet (1767–1866)
3rd cousin 7x removed
NOTES: Joseph established a number of establishments, engaging in trade with anyone offering items of value. In the later 18th and early 19th centuries, St. Louis was a major trading hub with both the Indians and Western settlers. Frequently changing hands among the British, French and Spanish, the rules were often confusing, and Joseph managed to be on many sides of an issue.
As an example, in his last letter before his tragic suicide, Meriwether Lewis wrote to Thomas Jefferson:
“On my way to St. Louis, last fall, I received satisfactory evidence that a Mr. Robideau [sic], an inhabitant of St. Louis, had, the preceding winter, during intercourse with the Ottoes and Missouris, been guilty of the most flagrant breaches of the first of those misdemeanors above mentioned ... And Mr. Robidoux and sons still prosecute their trade."
GENERATION 6 — JOSEPH ROBIDOUX III’S SONS — ROBIDOUX BROTHERS:
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| Robidoux's original cabin trading post |
JOSEPH ROBIDOUX IV — Founder of St. Joseph, MO
1783–1868
BIRTH 10 AUG 1783 • St. Louis Missouri
DEATH 27 MAY 1868 • St. Joseph Missouri
MARRIED 1793 (1), Angelique Bourasa Vaudry (1793–1857)
MARRIED (2) Eugenie Delisle (1784–1800)
MARRIED (3) Unknown Otoe-Ioway Woman (1780–_)
4th cousin 6x removed
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| Joseph IV Robidoux, Founder of St. Joseph, MO |
FRANÇOIS ROBIDOUX — Early California explorer
1788–1856
BIRTH 24 SEP 1788 • St Louis, MO
DEATH 10 OCT 1856 • Nebraska Territory
MARRIED Abt. 1808, Therese Bienvenu Delisle (1790–1837)
4th cousin 6x removed
Notes: Francois trapped and traded in Indian villages along the Missouri River, attended to business in St. Louis, and traded on the northern plains of Kansas and on the Yellowstone River. He is best known as being an early California explorer.
PIERRE ISADORE ROBIDOUX — Trader at Fort Laramie and Scotts Bluff, NE
1791–1852
BIRTH 02 NOV 1791 • St Louis, Missouri
DEATH 30 MAY 1852 • near Bid Blue River, Nebraska Territory
Married Abt. 1815, Julie Desjardins (1800–1825)
4th cousin 6x removed
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| Antoine Robideox, age 64 |
ANTOINE ROBIDOUX — Indian trader in Utah, Colorado and Santa Fe, NM
1794–1860
BIRTH 22 SEP 1794 • St Louis, St Louis,Missouri, United States
DEATH 29 AUG 1860 • St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States
MARRIED 1828, Carmel Benavides (1812–1888)
4th cousin 6x removed
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| Louis Rubidoux |
LOUIS ROBIDOUX — Founder of Riverside, CA
1796–1868
BIRTH 31 JULY 1796 • Florissant, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
DEATH SEPT. 24,1868 • Rubidoux Rancho, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States
MARRIED Abt. 1821 Maria Guadalupe Garcia (de Noriega) (1811–1892)
4th cousin 6x removed
MICHEL ROBIDOUX — Mountain Man and trader "at the mouth of Kanzas River, Grand Loup and Republic Panca Villages, and Bellevue
1798–1858
BIRTH 03 AUG 1798 • St Louis, Missouri
DEATH 10 APRIL 1858 • Missouri, United States
MARRIED (1) Abt. 1831, Suzanne Vaudry (1793–1874)
MARRIED (2) Mary Good Rock (aka Yearling Horse) (1839–1900)
4th cousin 6x removed
ROBIDOUX SIOUX-MÉTIS (PEOPLE OF PLAINS INDIAN AND FRENCH CANADIAN DESCENT):
GENERATION 7, JOSEPH SELLICO ROBIDOUX — son of François Robidoux (1788-1856) — Early California explorer
1820–1864
BIRTH ABT 1820 • St Louis, Missouri
DEATH 1864 • Scottsbluff, Nebraska
MARRIED Abt. 1840, Mary Tasinasapawin Her Black Blanket (Eagle Bull Widow) (1818–1890)
5th cousin 5x removed
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| Spotted Tail's Delegation, Louis Roubideaux, official interpreter (right rear) |
GENERATION 8, i. LOUIS ROUBIDEAU — Sioux-Metis (half Sioux and half French), US Army Indian Scout, Rosebud Reservation Police Captain, and US Government Interpreter.
1846–1913
BIRTH ABT 1846 • Wyoming
DEATH 14 JAN 1913 • Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota, USA
MARRIED 1869 (1) Evan Woman (Erin, Erine, Eren) Tears Belly (1845–1878)
MARRIED 1871 (2) Adelia Running Near, Caught the Eagle (1866–1935)
6th cousin 4x removed
NOTES: Louis Roubideaux, the official United States interpreter, was at one time captain of the Indian police.
GENERATION 9:
Katie Roubidoux nee Blue Thunder
1890–1991
BIRTH 8 JUNE 1890 • Rosebud Indian Reservation, SD
DEATH 13 MAY 1991 • Rosebud Indian Reservation, SD
7th cousin 3x removed
Martha Blanche Robideaux (nee Marshall, nee Brave)
1896–1986
BIRTH 19 OCT 1896 • Rosebud Indian Reservation, Todd, South Dakota
DEATH 1986 • Gregory, South Dakota, USA
7th cousin 3x removed
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| Crook treaty hitch lot, 1889, by John A Anderson, on the Rosebud Agency |
GENERATION 8, ii. CHARLES ROUBIDEAUX SR — (Gen'l Crook's Indian Scouts, Pvt., Co D, 2nd Reg't US Inf.)
1854–1931
BIRTH JUL 1854 • Nebraska, United States of America
DEATH 24 DEC 1931 • Wood, Mellette, South Dakota
MARRIED Abt. 1875, Maggie Robinson (1862–1936)
6th cousin 4x removed
GENERATION 9
Silison (Silicon) Sylvester Roubideaux (Robidoux)
1877–1927
BIRTH 14 APR 1877 • Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota, USA
DEATH 14 AUG 1927 • South Dakota, USA
GENERATION 10
Eva Melvina Roubideaux
1910–1988
BIRTH 18 OCT 1910 • Rosebud Sioux Reservation, Rosebud, Mellette, South Dakota, USA
DEATH 18 JUL 1988 • South Dakota, USA
8th cousin 2x removed
NOTES: See… Eyewitness to the Death of Crazy Horse
MORE ROBIDOUX METIS RELATIVES AND A FEW INDIAN CHIEFS TOO
For Mary, Many Days WHITE CLOUD — All Roads Lead Back to La Prairie
Francis (Mahaska II) (The Younger) White Cloud Ioway Chief
1811–1856
BIRTH ABT. 1811 • On the Des Moines River, Iowa, Iowa, USA
DEATH 17 DEC 1856 • Iowa Point, On the Missouri River, White Cloud, Kansas
husband of 5th cousin 5x removed
James (The gro wo nung) White Cloud Ioway Chief
1847–1940
BIRTH ABT 1847 • Kansas, USA
DEATH 1940 • Iowa Reservation, Brown Co., Kansas
Son of Francis (Mahaska II) (The Younger) White Cloud Ioway Chief (1811–1856) and Mary (Many Days) Robidoux (1805–1884)
6th cousin 4x removed
ROBIDOUX FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM
1783 to 1868, Joseph Robidoux IV, 4th cousin 6x.
1794-1860, Antoine Robidoux 4th cousin 6x removed (younger).
1879 Sioux Chiefs visit to Carlisle Indian School. Louis Roubideaux, the official United States interpreter, is in front row.
1888, White Bear is advising his people to accept the Great White Father's offer to take the land in severalty, with official interpreter for the United States government Louis Roubideaux (to his left).
Better photo of the Brulé Delegation to Washington 1872 with Louis C. Roubideaux, b Abt 1846, d 14 Jan 1913 (standing rear right). Also in the photo is Brulé Chief Spotted Tail - Sinte-galeska.
Katie Roubideaux, Age 8, Rosebud Sioux (1890-1991). She is d/o Louis C Roubideau interpreter.
Glass plate negative by Julia E. Tuell of Blanche Roubideaux, a daughter of Louis Roubideaux (a French/Lakota interpreter at Rosebud for 30 years), holding her baby swaddled in beaded cradleboard, Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota, 1913-1929.
1924, Albert Six Feather & Eva Roubudeaux (on horse) Rosebud agency.
1894, Men of the Brule Sioux. Rosebud Agency. Louis C. Roubideaux is in the back row, far left.
1889, May 4, The Crook Treaty Council, Rosebud agency, Louis Roubideaux’ cabin is on the left.
c. 1910s Adelia Blunt Arrow wife of Louis Roubideau.
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