According to Genealogie des Francais d'Amerique du Nord. Jean l'aine Giguere was a tissier en drap, or bed sheet maker, just clother maker. "l'aine" in French means "the eldest". Perhpas to distinguis hem from a younger brother also named Jean who married Michele Journel at St. Aubin Church in Tourouvre, France. See Genealogie des Francais d'Amerique du Nord for this information