Ige: Ancestral Normand home

St. Martin Church of Ige, France,
Ancestral church of the Normand and Gaspard families of Avoyelles.


Photos courtesy of Ted Normand who visited Ige about 1980

Photo of Ige Church: Saint Martin at Ige in France where Pierre Gagnier (1610-1656) and his brother Louis (1612-1661) were both baptized. (this is another American family which came from Ige - but not to Avoyelles - see link below) photo courtesy of Rev. John Gagnier

MORE PHOTOS OF IGE:
Old Postcard Scenes of Ige, France, ancestral land of the Normand family (Includes one full length of Church and street scenes

Links to other sites on the Web

Jean LeDuc, immigrant from Ige to Canada in 1664
Gagnier family page of Ige (another U.S. Family which descends from Ige)by Rev. John Gagnier
Normandy Tourism Pages
Louisiana-France (w/Ige) Organized Tour
Normand Family Reunion in Quebec, August 1999
Old Postcard Scenes of Ige, France

The migration of several families from Ige to Quebec

The book "nos Origines en France, des Débuts à 1825, Volume7,
Normandie et Perche" lists the people from Ige (and other areas),
apparently taken from Jette's book.  The people from Ige in Quebec include:
Julien and Pierre TROTTIER
Jacques BEAUVAIS, dit St. Jemme, born 1623 Ige, died 1691 Montreal
Marie BELHOMME
Catherine (d) and Sebastien (f) DODIERPierre and Roberte GADOIS
Pierre, Louis (f) and Louise (d) GAGNE
Francois, Francoise, Nicolas, and Mathurine, children of Nicolas GOODE and
Francoise GADOISE
loi JARRY dit Lahaye
Jean LEDUC
Simon LEREAU
Gervais and Jean NORMAND

Jean (m. Jacquette VIVRAN) and Gervais were half-brothers, not brothers as most books indicate.  This is based on the
baptism and marriage documentation that Ted Normand obtained.  Gervais'
mother was Radegonde GADOYS.  Thus far I have not found anything to tie Pierre GADOIS to Gervais except their name.  I have not located any Quebec records where they are recorded at the same event.  Obviously, they were probably related.
Another reference from the mortality records of St. Martin in Ige:
Francoise GADOUAS and her sons died 24 June 1632 of the plague.  Maybe the plague is what caused some of the people to leave France.

Rev. Rene Detoc, pastor of the church at IGE, France, visited with us in June, 1999, and gave us a tour of the church. He explained that a Siegnor, a landed noble, including the family Bouchard, had recruited families from Ige to go to Canada to work on their plantation. Father DeToc said that they only recruited families of good morals and of high work ethics.

Two placues hang on the wall above the baptism font in the Ige church. One names several pioneers to Canada, including Jean LeNormand. The other was left by the Normand family association of Quebec and names Jean Normand as their ancestors as having come from Ige. About 15 descendants of the Normand family were with us when we visited IGE, part of a tour of French Cities of origins of Avoyelles ancestors.









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