MIVILLE Marie-Francois

Notes:

Died:
Burial: Nov 24, 1711, Riviere Quelle, Kamouraska, PQ, Canada

Francois married SAUVENIER Jeanne on 07 Nov 1692 in Riviere Quelle, Kamouraska, PQ, Canada. Jeanne (daughter of SAUVENIER Jacques and BABILLOT Antoinette) was born about 1647 in Paris, Seine, France; died on 12 Mar 1721 in Riviere Quelle, Kamouraska, PQ, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Religion: Catholic
Alias: Souvenoir, Savonet
Baptism: 1647

Jeanne SAVONNE was listed as a Fille de Roi three times receiving
dowries from the King of France to marry settlers and to populate the
new French colony. The first time was to a Carignan soldier which
received a double dowry of 100 livre.
(1) abt 1670 at Ile de Orleans to Jean SOUCY dit LAVIGNE (Carignan
soldier)
(2) 22 Aug 1679 at L'Islet, PQ to Damien BERUBE
(3) 7 Nov 1692 at Riviere-Ouelle, PQ to Francois MIVILLE

JEAN SOUCY FINDS A RARE PEARL

Jean Soucy patiently waited to find a kindred spirit and eventually
he did. However, nothing- has been discovered, not even a notary
contract, to help in fixing the approximate date of his marriage. As
his first child was born on 5 September 1671, it is reasonable to
assume that Jean took a wife in the autumn of 1670. Rene Jette even
believes that the religious ceremony took place on the Ile d'Orleans.


Who, therefore, was this incomparable wife? Her name was Jeanne
Sauvenier or Savonet, the 23 year old daughter of Jacques and of
Antoinette Babillotte from the city of Paris. She was a courageous
woman of good sense, which is just what Jean Soucy wanted.

ON THE ISLANDS OF THE SNOW GEESE

The non- commissioned officers of the famous regiment, those who
decided to settle in Canada, obtained fiefs and seigneuries in return
for their service to the crown. They also were able to marry girls of
good families. Thus, Paul Dupuy de Lisloye, husband of Jeanne
Couillard, became the owner of half of the Ile-aux-Oies and the Ile-
aux-Grues, in the Saint-Lawrence River, not far from the Ile
d'Orleans. Pierre Becart de Grandville, an officer in Grandfontaine's
company, husband of Anne Macard, daughter of Nicolas and Marguerite
Couillard, obtained from seigneur Louis Couillard de Lespinay on 16
October 1668, the other halves of the islands. On 17 October 1671,
the two seigneurs, Dupuy and Becart, agreed to redivide their
properties. Paul owned the large Ile-aux-Oies, and Pierre the small
Ile-aux-Oies and the Ile-aux-Grues. Here are the historical facts to
help USA understand the hidden history of Jean Soucy.

Pierre Becart had earned decorations and done deeds which,
nevertheless, left him unfulfilled. Rather early in life he retired
to his islands and requested the help of Jean Soucy, an old military
acquaintance. From 1669, Jean Soucy worked hard to build the simple
manor house of his seigneur. In 1670, he married and continued his
activities as protege of Pierre Becart. The latter ceded to him,
perhaps verbally, a piece of land on the Ile-aux-Grues. There, Jean
built his house which he occupied about 1674. In fact, on 17 July
1674, Pierre Michaud, who obtained a concession on the Ile-aux-Grues,
was a neighbor to Jean Soucy.

Such are the approximate facts concerning the settlement by Jean
Soucy on the small islands of the great white geese.


SAUVENIER-BERUBE-MIVILLE

One inevitable day ancestor jean Soucy died; we know neither how nor
why. During her mourning Jeanne Sauvenier met ancestor Damien Berube
and married him on 22 August 1679. Proof appears in the registry of
l'Islet. To the Berube history, previously featured in this series,
let USA add that in the census of 1681, the 4 Soucy children remained
well protected in the home of Damien Berube at Riviere-Ouelle. There,
they knew 6 Berube half-brothers and sisters and, later, a half-
sister, Marie-Francoise Miville, the daughter of Francois and of
Jeanne Sauvenier, their mother.

Died:
Burial: March 13, 1721 Rivere Quelle, Kamouraska, PQ, Canada

Notes:

Occupation: Carpenter

Occupation: Carpenter (Menuisier). In 1656 a lot 24 x 24 feet was
deeded to Pierre located at 64 Saint-Pierre in the lower town of
Quebec City. In 1992 the address is number 47, located at the N.E.
corner of LaPlace and St-Pierre.
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Master joiner, pioneer and caption of the Lauson shore. Swiss by
birth, Miville came Canada via La Rochelle at a date that has not
been established with certainty but that was previous to 28 Oct 1649,
on which date he, along with his son Francois, received from the
governor, LOUIS D'AILLEBOUT, a grant of land in the seigneury of
Lauson, which was later raised to the status of arriere-fief. Miville
apparently tried to entice some of his compatriots to Canada. In
fact, on 16 July 1665, M. de PRO UVILLE de Tracy granted him, along
with his sons and four other persons, a concession measuring 21
arpents by 40 at Grande Anse (La Pocatiere), naming the locality "the
Canton of Fribourg Swiss." This undertaking was unsuccessful. Pierre
Miville stayed at Lauson until his death, 14 Oct 1669. In France he
had married Charlotte Maugis, who bore him six children, at least;
one of them, Jacques, was the founder of the Miville-Deschenes
families of North America.
Source: Dictionary of GEN: Canadian B iographies, Vol I 1000-1700.
University of Toranto Press, 1966. Death notice printed in Le
Fribourgeois dated Dec 1990 Known as "Le Suisse Re*ut le 16 juillet
1665, avec ses deux fils et quatre autres de ses compatriotes
fribourgeois, la concession du *Canton des suisses fribourgeois* * La
Pocati*re.

Died:
Burial: Oct. 15, 1669, Cote-De-Montagne, Quebec City, PQ, Canada

Pierre married MAUGIS Charlotte about 1630 in Brouage, Saintonge, France. Charlotte was born in 1591 in St-Germain-De-Lusignan, Rochefort, France; died on 11 Oct 1676 in Lauzon, Levis, Quebec, PQ, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Burial: Oct. 11, 1676, Lauzon, Levis, Quebec, PQ, Canada

Jacques married BABILLOT Antoinette. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]