Olivier Daigre (abt. 1735 - abt. 1774)

Born about 1735 in Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Blanche Robichaud — married about 1758 in Acadie

Descendants

Died about 2 Jul 1774 at about age 39 in Saint Servan, Bretagne, France

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Biography

Olivier Daigle was born about 1735 in Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia, son of Charles Daigle and Françoise Doucet. ^[1]

He married Marie Blanche Robichaud, daughter of Joseph Robichaud and Claire LeBlanc) around 1758.

Their children, all born in France, were:

1. Olivier Raphael Daigle (1759– )
2. Marie Louise Daigle (1759–1759)
3. Michel Gregoire Daigle (1760–1761)
4. Jean Charles Daigle (1761–1811)
5. Francoise-Oppoline Daigle (1763– )
6. Casimir Théodore Daigle (1765– )
7. François Joseph Daigle (1767–1849)
8. Pierre-Édouard Daigle (1769–1851)
9. Marie Blanche Daigle (1771–1779)
10. Genevieve Marie Daigle (1773– )

Olivier and Marie-Banche were deported to France in 1758. They disembarked at Saint-Malo on January 23 1759 from one of the " Five English ships " (Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, John Samuel).^[2]

Olivier died on July 2, 1774 in Saint Servan, Bretagne, France. (See Research Notes) ^[3] He was buried the next day.^[4]

According to Stephen White, Charles Daigre, son of Bernard, married Françoise Doucet and their family was deported partly to Massachusetts and partly to France. Thus their son Olivier Charles and his young wife Mary Robichaud, daughter of Joseph Robichaud and Claire LeBlanc, found themselves in exile in Saint-Servan, near Saint-Malo France. Olivier died there, July 1, 1774, in his fortieth year, leaving his widow responsible for a large family, most of whose members returned to Canada with their mother and their maternal uncles, Robichaud. ^[5]

Biographie

Selon Stephen White:

"Charles Daigre, fils de Bernard, s'est marié à Françoise Doucet et leur famille a subi l'expulsion, en partie au Massachusetts et en partie en France. C'est ainsi qu'Olivier à Charles et sa jeune épouse Marie-Blanche Robichaud, fille de Joseph Robichaud et Claire LeBlanc, se retrouvèrent en exil à Saint-Servan, près de Saint-Malo. Olivier y est décédé, le 1 juillet 1774, dans sa quarantième année, laissant sa veuve chargée d'une nombreuse famille, dont la plupart des membres sont retournés en Acadie avec leur mère et leurs oncles maternels, les Robichaud." ^[5]

Research Notes

There are discrepancies concerning the date of death. The link to the original burial record shows that he was buried on July 3rd ("troisième juillet") and had died on the previous day ("décédé d'hier"). Other sources say that he died on July 1st.

Sources

1. ↑ Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Olivier Daigre citing Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes: 1715 à 1780, (Moncton, NB: Centre d'études acadiennes, draft version) DAIGRE #9 f - Born around 1735. Also Notes of S. A. White: Among the godparents of the children of Olivier DAIGRE & Marie-Blanche ROBICHAUD figured Grégoire DAIGRE, Marie DAIGRE, Casimir LE BLANC and Charles DAIGRE. This assures us that Olivier belonged to the family of Charles DAIGRE & Françoise DOUCET.
2. ↑ "Rolle des habitans de l'Isle St Jean débarqués à St Malo le 23 janvier 1759 des 5 paquebots anglois le Yarmouth, la Patience, le Mathias, la Restoration et le John et Samuel," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the " Five English ships " (Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, John Samuel) disembarked at Saint-Malo on January 23, 1759 image 189-190, accessed September 2023

   DAIGUE Olivier, 24, plowman. Lives at Marie Lauruit’s home at La Cité. Goes to Trigavou.
   

   ROBICHEAU Marie Blanche, 28, his wife
   

3. ↑ Albert J. Robichaux, The Acadian Exiles in Saint-Malo: 1758-1785; vol. 1, pt. 1, (Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981) p. 248, family #305
4. ↑ Archives en ligne Ille-et-Vilaine, Registres paroissiaux et état civil, Référence 10 NUM 35313 749, Commune SAINT-SERVAN, 1774, Sépultures, COMMUNE, page 14 of 23 Burial Record
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} White, Stephen A. 'La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des "Retrouvailles 94"]], Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994). (Daigle)