Robineau Roots: Family Genealogy
Chasing Robineau ancestry – stories, records, and the odd surprise
Robineau Roots: L’Histoire de Nos Ancêtres.
The Robineau name arrived in New France in the seventeenth century, carried by settlers who became farmers, soldiers, merchants, and craftspeople. This site is a personal project — a place to gather the family’s stories, photos, and research, and to follow our ancestors from the shores of Quebec to the prairies of modern Canada.
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Family Stories
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Featured Story
One Robineau Family and the move westward from Lac Des Deux Montagnes to Ripon to Sturgeon Falls: Joseph Robineau and Éléonore Farmer
If the first chapters of this family story moved west across an ocean, the next ones move west from Lac des Deux Montagnes to Ripon, Quebec and to Sturgeon Falls. This is the story of the couple who began that…
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A Robineau Behind the Iron Curtain?
I want to take a wider look at the name itself — because while my own line runs back through…
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Nazi Eyes on Canada
This article sits at the intersection of three of my obsessions: old-time radio, history, and genealogy. For about thirty years…
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Miss Canada: The Records
This is the documentary companion to The Last Flight of Miss Canada, the story of my uncle Rhéal Robineau and…
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