Gaston was born on February 9, 1884, in the hamlet of Chandres, a part of the commune of Sours, near Chartres, in the Eure and Loir department, in the Centre region of France to Jules Placide (b. September 8, 1850, d. December 12, 1904) and Marie Leontine Josephine (nee Paulmier, b. May 12, 1856, d. February 14, 1929) Rebiffe (or Rebiffé in some records; some descendants, especially in France, have retained the accented "e"). He was the third of seven (known) children, two of whom died in infancy, both before his departure for Canada.
Marguerite was born on April 10th, 1882, in the town of Guern, in the department of Morbihan, near Pontivy, in the Brittany region of France to Mathurin Louis (b. September 26, 1855, d. June 12, 1940) and Francoise (nee Allanic, b. April 15, 1882, d. before 1940) Le Dévéhat. She was the third child of eleven known children, five of whom died in infancy, all of those prior to her departure for Canada.
Per a story told to Rick Dondo by Rose (Le Devehat) Kolly in October, 2019...
Gaston fell in love with the family domestic (Marguerite) and wanted to marry her. His father, Jules Placide Rebiffe, disinherited him as a result.
On February 27, 1905, they wed in the town of Sours, near Gaston's home village. Their planned honeymoon was a trip to Canada, arriving in Quebec on April 2, and traveling overland to St-Claude. They were joined by her parents, her sisters Marie-Louise, Mathurine, Marie, and her brother Mathurin. No one else in Gaston's family made the choice of emigrating to Canada.
Interestingly... Marguerite appears as "Margueritte Devehat" on the ship's manifest despite the fact there is a marriage recorded in France prior to their departure. They also (appear to have) married in Manitoba after their arrival, on September 11, 1905. For reasons lost in time, that is the anniversary they celebrated every year thereafter, including, notably, for their 60th which was a grand affair in Winnipeg, reported in the local papers.
After a short stay in a parcel located in 15-8-7-W1 (Dominion Land Survey coordinates; modern coordinates: 49.657908,-98.335156), Gaston and Marguerite settled on a farm outside Saint-Claude on a part of section 8-8-7-W1 (or 49.643184,-98.380569), where they raised a family of nine children. This may have been purchased from the Guillaume Dondo family.
Eventually, the couple sold the farm and retired to the town of Saint-Claude. They enjoyed winters with their son Gaston in Maillardville, British Columbia, and always returned to Manitoba for the summer months. In 1951, they decided to sell the house in Saint-Claude and permanently move to Vancouver.
Their favorite pass-time was fishing. While they enjoyed Vancouver, they returned to Manitoba every year to visit family and friends. In 1965, they came to Winnipeg to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.
Marguerite passed away on June 2, 1966, in Vancouver. Gaston remained in Vancouver and passed away on May 19, 1975.
Both their remains were brought back to Manitoba and laid to rest in the Saint Claude cemetery.
Further:
As noted above, he was mentioned on the manifest of the SS Vancouver, as arriving on April 2, 1905, in Halifax, NS, from Liverpool, England among 63 members of the following families, nearly all from Guern or nearby villages, all destined for Red Deer in what was to become Alberta, but a missionary aboard convinced them all to head for St-Claude, instead:
Cloaree, Corbeil, Couronne, Dacquay, Dondo, David, Gloux, Guigneno, Jute, Kervegant, Le Bris, Le Brun, Le Carre, Le Devehet / Le Devehat, Le Franc, Le Francheur, Le Gourrince, Le Mial, Le Pape, Maurre, Puybasset, Philippe, Phillipot, Rebiffe, Zegouzo
This excerpt from the volume "Anecdotes, Saint-Claude, Manitoba, 1892-1992" shows us a young Gaston as part of the crew tasked with raising the "Commercial Hotel: in town; an institution to this day (2022):
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3065193#page/101/mode/1up
This excerpt from the same volume tells us he was instrumental in organizing the farmers in the region to sell their raw wool as a collective:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3065193#page/179/mode/1up/search/rebiffe
Marguerite was born on April 10th, 1882, in the town of Guern, in the department of Morbihan, near Pontivy, in the Brittany region of France to Mathurin Louis (b. September 26, 1855, d. June 12, 1940) and Francoise (nee Allanic, b. April 15, 1882, d. before 1940) Le Dévéhat. She was the third child of eleven known children, five of whom died in infancy, all of those prior to her departure for Canada.
Per a story told to Rick Dondo by Rose (Le Devehat) Kolly in October, 2019...
Gaston fell in love with the family domestic (Marguerite) and wanted to marry her. His father, Jules Placide Rebiffe, disinherited him as a result.
On February 27, 1905, they wed in the town of Sours, near Gaston's home village. Their planned honeymoon was a trip to Canada, arriving in Quebec on April 2, and traveling overland to St-Claude. They were joined by her parents, her sisters Marie-Louise, Mathurine, Marie, and her brother Mathurin. No one else in Gaston's family made the choice of emigrating to Canada.
Interestingly... Marguerite appears as "Margueritte Devehat" on the ship's manifest despite the fact there is a marriage recorded in France prior to their departure. They also (appear to have) married in Manitoba after their arrival, on September 11, 1905. For reasons lost in time, that is the anniversary they celebrated every year thereafter, including, notably, for their 60th which was a grand affair in Winnipeg, reported in the local papers.
After a short stay in a parcel located in 15-8-7-W1 (Dominion Land Survey coordinates; modern coordinates: 49.657908,-98.335156), Gaston and Marguerite settled on a farm outside Saint-Claude on a part of section 8-8-7-W1 (or 49.643184,-98.380569), where they raised a family of nine children. This may have been purchased from the Guillaume Dondo family.
Eventually, the couple sold the farm and retired to the town of Saint-Claude. They enjoyed winters with their son Gaston in Maillardville, British Columbia, and always returned to Manitoba for the summer months. In 1951, they decided to sell the house in Saint-Claude and permanently move to Vancouver.
Their favorite pass-time was fishing. While they enjoyed Vancouver, they returned to Manitoba every year to visit family and friends. In 1965, they came to Winnipeg to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.
Marguerite passed away on June 2, 1966, in Vancouver. Gaston remained in Vancouver and passed away on May 19, 1975.
Both their remains were brought back to Manitoba and laid to rest in the Saint Claude cemetery.
Further:
As noted above, he was mentioned on the manifest of the SS Vancouver, as arriving on April 2, 1905, in Halifax, NS, from Liverpool, England among 63 members of the following families, nearly all from Guern or nearby villages, all destined for Red Deer in what was to become Alberta, but a missionary aboard convinced them all to head for St-Claude, instead:
Cloaree, Corbeil, Couronne, Dacquay, Dondo, David, Gloux, Guigneno, Jute, Kervegant, Le Bris, Le Brun, Le Carre, Le Devehet / Le Devehat, Le Franc, Le Francheur, Le Gourrince, Le Mial, Le Pape, Maurre, Puybasset, Philippe, Phillipot, Rebiffe, Zegouzo
This excerpt from the volume "Anecdotes, Saint-Claude, Manitoba, 1892-1992" shows us a young Gaston as part of the crew tasked with raising the "Commercial Hotel: in town; an institution to this day (2022):
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3065193#page/101/mode/1up
This excerpt from the same volume tells us he was instrumental in organizing the farmers in the region to sell their raw wool as a collective:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3065193#page/179/mode/1up/search/rebiffe
Gaston was born on February 9, 1884, in the hamlet of Chandres, a part of the commune of Sours, near Chartres, in the Eure and Loir department, in the Centre region of France to Jules Placide (b. September 8, 1850, d. December 12, 1904) and Marie Leontine Josephine (nee Paulmier, b. May 12, 1856, d. February 14, 1929) Rebiffe (or Rebiffé in some records; some descendants, especially in France, have retained the accented "e"). He was the third of seven (known) children, two of whom died in infancy, both before his departure for Canada.
Marguerite was born on April 10th, 1882, in the town of Guern, in the department of Morbihan, near Pontivy, in the Brittany region of France to Mathurin Louis (b. September 26, 1855, d. June 12, 1940) and Francoise (nee Allanic, b. April 15, 1882, d. before 1940) Le Dévéhat. She was the third child of eleven known children, five of whom died in infancy, all of those prior to her departure for Canada.
Per a story told to Rick Dondo by Rose (Le Devehat) Kolly in October, 2019...
Gaston fell in love with the family domestic (Marguerite) and wanted to marry her. His father, Jules Placide Rebiffe, disinherited him as a result.
On February 27, 1905, they wed in the town of Sours, near Gaston's home village. Their planned honeymoon was a trip to Canada, arriving in Quebec on April 2, and traveling overland to St-Claude. They were joined by her parents, her sisters Marie-Louise, Mathurine, Marie, and her brother Mathurin. No one else in Gaston's family made the choice of emigrating to Canada.
Interestingly... Marguerite appears as "Margueritte Devehat" on the ship's manifest despite the fact there is a marriage recorded in France prior to their departure. They also (appear to have) married in Manitoba after their arrival, on September 11, 1905. For reasons lost in time, that is the anniversary they celebrated every year thereafter, including, notably, for their 60th which was a grand affair in Winnipeg, reported in the local papers.
After a short stay in a parcel located in 15-8-7-W1 (Dominion Land Survey coordinates; modern coordinates: 49.657908,-98.335156), Gaston and Marguerite settled on a farm outside Saint-Claude on a part of section 8-8-7-W1 (or 49.643184,-98.380569), where they raised a family of nine children. This may have been purchased from the Guillaume Dondo family.
Eventually, the couple sold the farm and retired to the town of Saint-Claude. They enjoyed winters with their son Gaston in Maillardville, British Columbia, and always returned to Manitoba for the summer months. In 1951, they decided to sell the house in Saint-Claude and permanently move to Vancouver.
Their favorite pass-time was fishing. While they enjoyed Vancouver, they returned to Manitoba every year to visit family and friends. In 1965, they came to Winnipeg to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.
Marguerite passed away on June 2, 1966, in Vancouver. Gaston remained in Vancouver and passed away on May 19, 1975.
Both their remains were brought back to Manitoba and laid to rest in the Saint Claude cemetery.
Further:
As noted above, he was mentioned on the manifest of the SS Vancouver, as arriving on April 2, 1905, in Halifax, NS, from Liverpool, England among 63 members of the following families, nearly all from Guern or nearby villages, all destined for Red Deer in what was to become Alberta, but a missionary aboard convinced them all to head for St-Claude, instead:
Cloaree, Corbeil, Couronne, Dacquay, Dondo, David, Gloux, Guigneno, Jute, Kervegant, Le Bris, Le Brun, Le Carre, Le Devehet / Le Devehat, Le Franc, Le Francheur, Le Gourrince, Le Mial, Le Pape, Maurre, Puybasset, Philippe, Phillipot, Rebiffe, Zegouzo
This excerpt from the volume "Anecdotes, Saint-Claude, Manitoba, 1892-1992" shows us a young Gaston as part of the crew tasked with raising the "Commercial Hotel: in town; an institution to this day (2022):
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3065193#page/101/mode/1up
This excerpt from the same volume tells us he was instrumental in organizing the farmers in the region to sell their raw wool as a collective:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3065193#page/179/mode/1up/search/rebiffe
Marguerite was born on April 10th, 1882, in the town of Guern, in the department of Morbihan, near Pontivy, in the Brittany region of France to Mathurin Louis (b. September 26, 1855, d. June 12, 1940) and Francoise (nee Allanic, b. April 15, 1882, d. before 1940) Le Dévéhat. She was the third child of eleven known children, five of whom died in infancy, all of those prior to her departure for Canada.
Per a story told to Rick Dondo by Rose (Le Devehat) Kolly in October, 2019...
Gaston fell in love with the family domestic (Marguerite) and wanted to marry her. His father, Jules Placide Rebiffe, disinherited him as a result.
On February 27, 1905, they wed in the town of Sours, near Gaston's home village. Their planned honeymoon was a trip to Canada, arriving in Quebec on April 2, and traveling overland to St-Claude. They were joined by her parents, her sisters Marie-Louise, Mathurine, Marie, and her brother Mathurin. No one else in Gaston's family made the choice of emigrating to Canada.
Interestingly... Marguerite appears as "Margueritte Devehat" on the ship's manifest despite the fact there is a marriage recorded in France prior to their departure. They also (appear to have) married in Manitoba after their arrival, on September 11, 1905. For reasons lost in time, that is the anniversary they celebrated every year thereafter, including, notably, for their 60th which was a grand affair in Winnipeg, reported in the local papers.
After a short stay in a parcel located in 15-8-7-W1 (Dominion Land Survey coordinates; modern coordinates: 49.657908,-98.335156), Gaston and Marguerite settled on a farm outside Saint-Claude on a part of section 8-8-7-W1 (or 49.643184,-98.380569), where they raised a family of nine children. This may have been purchased from the Guillaume Dondo family.
Eventually, the couple sold the farm and retired to the town of Saint-Claude. They enjoyed winters with their son Gaston in Maillardville, British Columbia, and always returned to Manitoba for the summer months. In 1951, they decided to sell the house in Saint-Claude and permanently move to Vancouver.
Their favorite pass-time was fishing. While they enjoyed Vancouver, they returned to Manitoba every year to visit family and friends. In 1965, they came to Winnipeg to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.
Marguerite passed away on June 2, 1966, in Vancouver. Gaston remained in Vancouver and passed away on May 19, 1975.
Both their remains were brought back to Manitoba and laid to rest in the Saint Claude cemetery.
Further:
As noted above, he was mentioned on the manifest of the SS Vancouver, as arriving on April 2, 1905, in Halifax, NS, from Liverpool, England among 63 members of the following families, nearly all from Guern or nearby villages, all destined for Red Deer in what was to become Alberta, but a missionary aboard convinced them all to head for St-Claude, instead:
Cloaree, Corbeil, Couronne, Dacquay, Dondo, David, Gloux, Guigneno, Jute, Kervegant, Le Bris, Le Brun, Le Carre, Le Devehet / Le Devehat, Le Franc, Le Francheur, Le Gourrince, Le Mial, Le Pape, Maurre, Puybasset, Philippe, Phillipot, Rebiffe, Zegouzo
This excerpt from the volume "Anecdotes, Saint-Claude, Manitoba, 1892-1992" shows us a young Gaston as part of the crew tasked with raising the "Commercial Hotel: in town; an institution to this day (2022):
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3065193#page/101/mode/1up
This excerpt from the same volume tells us he was instrumental in organizing the farmers in the region to sell their raw wool as a collective:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3065193#page/179/mode/1up/search/rebiffe
Family Members
Children
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Marguerite Elise Rebiffe Dondo
1906–1983
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Gaston Louis Phillip Rebiffe
1908–1989
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Fernand "René" Marie Rebiffe
1910–1980
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Andre Fernand M "Andy" Rebiffe
1911–1979
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Marie Francoise "Mary" Rebiffe Kasher Karbowski Jensen
1913–1980
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Helene Marie Antoinette Rebiffe Goulet
1915–2004
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Therese Marie "Rose" Rebiffe Nadeau
1916 – unknown
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Germaine Marie Yvonne Rebiffe Larose
1919–1995
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Paul Joseph Louis Rebiffe
1921–2003
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