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Pierre Miville

Male 1602 - 1669  (~ 67 years)


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  1. 1.  Pierre Miville was born in cir 1602 in Fribourg, Switzerland; died on 14 Oct 1669 in Québec, Canada; was buried on 14 Oct 1669 in Notre-Dame, Québec City, Québec, Canada.

    Notes:

    Pierre Miville, known as "le Suisse," emigrated to Canada. The research of historian-genealogist Marcel Fournier revealed that under the French Régime, 106 Swiss immigrants, six of whom were women, came to New France. Of the 106, 41 married and settled permanently.

    Pierre Miville, born c1602 in the canton of Fribourg, was the first Swiss to immigrate to Canada. He was in Québec City with his wife and six children by 1649. He was in France in the second half of the 1620s. He may have been one of Cardinal Richelieu's Swiss guards. Perhaps he was one of those who laid siege to the city of La Rochelle in 1627. Eventually, he came to Brouage, the hometown of Samuel de Champlain, where he was married, c1630, to Catherine Maugis, a Saintongeaise from Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan. The couple settled at Brouage, where their seven children were born. The eldest, Gabriel, died at the age of five. Raymond Ouimet, related to the Miville family through his mother, wrote a book on Pierre Miville. He pointed out that Miville must have belonged to a coterie of people devoted to Cardinal Richelieu's interests, as all his children's godparents were either people in the cardinal's orbit or officials of the town.

    Following the death of Richelieu in 1642, a number of people associated with him had to leave Brouage. This may well explain Pierre Miville's departure for La Rochelle in 1646. At the time, he made his living as a carpenter. Three years later, he decided to immigrate to Canada. He boarded a ship leaving for Québec City with Catherine and their six children. He had two boys and four girls: Marie was 17; François, 15; Aimée, 14; Madeleine, 13; Jacques, 10 and Suzanne, 9.

    At the time, Jean de Lauson was looking for settlers for his seigniory of Lauson, as only two people were living there - Guillaume Couture and François Bissot. On October 28, 1649, Pierre Miville and his son François were each granted a concession of one hectare in width by thirteen in length. Two years later, Pierre got an extension that made his land one third wider. 1649, Pierre also acquired another piece of land on the Grande-Allée, on the north shore of the river west of Québec City.

    The Mivilles didn't settle in the seigniory of Lauson immediately, but we know that they had done so by 1654. When they sold a house they owned in Saint-Louis Street near Parloir Street, in the upper town of Québec, the deed has them living on the Lauson shore.

    It would seem that Pierre and his family weren't able to clear and develop their land, as Pierre went to France in 1655 to either hire a labourer (according to Raymond Ouimet) or to try and recruit some Swiss settlers in the canton of Fribourg (according to Marcel Fournier). In mid May of the following year, Pierre was back in Québec City, empty-handed. Soon afterwards, governor Lauson granted him a lot on Place Royale, in the lower town east of the king's stores. Miville built a house on the twenty by twenty-two foot lot.

    The years from 1650 to 1660 were difficult ones in the colony. There were several wars with the Iroquois. Pierre Miville was attacked on his Lauson property on May 6, 1657. None of his family were wounded but he lost a sow and a cow.

    If Pierre Miville had the courage to resist an Iroquois attack, he also had the audacity to try and get hold of some newly arrived labourers from France in the summer of 1664. He wanted to protest the decision of the authorities that were responsible for the allotment of the workmen. Pierre was condemned by the Conseil souverain for this seditious behaviour. He was sentenced to beg the king's pardon, to be banished forever from the city of Québec on the risk of hanging, to not leave the seigniory of Lauson and to pay a fine of 300 pounds. Miville did not return to Québec City until he was buried there.

    The conviction did not mean the end of good relations with the authorities, however. For example, on July 16, 1665, the marquis de Prouville de Tracy, the king's lieutenant general, granted to Pierre Miville, his sons François and Jacques and to four other Swiss, some land measuring seven hectares in breadth by thirteen in length at the Grande-Anse. The place was called the canton of the Fribourg Swiss; it was in the area of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. Pierre never actually lived there. He died on October 14, 1669, in his house on the Lauson shore and was buried the next day in the parish cemetery of Notre-Dame de Québec. His wife lived until October 10, 1676. She had sunk into madness some two years before, presumably because after Pierre's death, she had such serious financial problems with her two sons that she was forced into bankruptcy.

    All six of Pierre Miville and Charlotte Maugis' children were married. The first of the girls to do so, 17-year-old Marie, was married in Québec City in November 1650 to Mathieu Amyot dit (alias) Villeneuve. Abraham Martin was among the people present. At the beginning of July 1652, just before her seventeenth birthday, Aimée married Robert Giguère. Three months later, there was another Miville wedding. Madeleine, who was also on the brink of turning 17, married Jean Cochon, the son of the tax collector for the Beaupré shore. Suzanne, at 15 the youngest, followed her sisters' example and married Antoine Poulet or Pollet on April 25, 1655. Louis d'Ailleboust, the governor of the colony, attended the wedding. Marie would have sixteen children; Aimée, thirteen; Madeleine, sixteen and Suzanne, seven.

    Pierre married Charlotte (or Catherine) Maugis in cir 1631 in Brouage, Saintonge, France. Charlotte was born in 1581; died on 10 Oct 1676. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Gabriel Miville  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1628; died in cir 1633.
    2. 3. François Miville  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1630.
    3. 4. Marie Miville  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1632; was christened on 13 Dec 1632 in Notre-Dame de Brouage, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France; died on 5 Sep 1702 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
    4. 5. Aimeé Miville  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1635.
    5. 6. Madeleine Miville  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1636.
    6. 7. Jacques Miville  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1636.
    7. 8. Suzanne Miville  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1640.
    8. 9. François Miville dit Le Suisse  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1634; was christened on 16 May 1634 in Notre-Dame de Brouage, Rochefort, Saintes, Saintonge, France; died on 23 Nov 1711; was buried on 24 Nov 1711 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gabriel Miville Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1628; died in cir 1633.

  2. 3.  François Miville Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pierre1) was born in 1630.

    François married Marie Langlois in 1660 in at Québec. Marie was born in 1636; died on 15 Aug 1687. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Joseph Miville  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1670.
    2. 11. Jacques Miville  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1670.
    3. 12. Charles Miville  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1670.
    4. 13. Marie-Jeanne Miville  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Apr 1671.

  3. 4.  Marie Miville Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1632; was christened on 13 Dec 1632 in Notre-Dame de Brouage, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France; died on 5 Sep 1702 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec City, Québec, Canada.

    Marie married Mathieu Amyot, dit Villeneuve on 22 Nov 1650 in Québec City, Québec, Canada. Mathieu was born in cir 1625. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Jeanne Amiot  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Nov 1670; was christened on 24 Nov 1670 in Québec City, Québec, Canada.

  4. 5.  Aimeé Miville Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1635.

    Aimeé married Robert Giguère in Jul 1652. Robert was born in cir 1625. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  Madeleine Miville Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1636.

    Madeleine married Jean Cochon in Oct 1652. Jean was born in cir 1625. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Jacques Miville Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1636.

    Family/Spouse: Catherine Baillon. Catherine was born in 1645; died in 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Jean Miville  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1672; died in 1711.

  7. 8.  Suzanne Miville Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1640.

    Suzanne married Antoine Poulet on 25 Apr 1655. Antoine was born in cir 1630. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 9.  François Miville dit Le Suisse Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pierre1) was born in 1634; was christened on 16 May 1634 in Notre-Dame de Brouage, Rochefort, Saintes, Saintonge, France; died on 23 Nov 1711; was buried on 24 Nov 1711 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: woodworker and seigneur

    François married Jeanne Sauvenier on 7 Nov 1692 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada. Jeanne (daughter of Jacques Sauvenier and Antoinette Babilot) was born in 1634 in Paris, Frances; died on 12 Mar 1721 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; was buried on 13 Mar 1721 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Marie Françoise Miville  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1694; was christened on 20 Jan 1694 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 10.  Joseph Miville Descendancy chart to this point (3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1670.

    Family/Spouse: Gènevieve Caron. Gènevieve was born in cir 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Jacques Miville Descendancy chart to this point (3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1670.

    Family/Spouse: Cathérine Lescuyer. Cathérine was born in cir 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 12.  Charles Miville Descendancy chart to this point (3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1670.

    Family/Spouse: Marie Savary. Marie was born in cir 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Madeleine Tardif. Madeleine was born in cir 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Marie-Agnès Emond. Marie-Agnès was born in cir 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Marie-Jeanne Miville Descendancy chart to this point (3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born on 21 Apr 1671.

    Marie-Jeanne married Denis Boucher on 21 Nov 1689 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada. Denis (son of François Boucher and Florence Gareman) was born on 6 Apr 1660 in Québec, Canada; was christened on 11 Apr 1660; died on 3 Nov 1744 in Saint-Antoine-Tilly, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Nicolas Boucher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1702; was christened on 21 May 1702 in Saint-Antoine-Tilly, Québec, Canada; died in 1758; was buried on 22 May 1758 in Saint-Nicolas-de-Lévis, Québec, Canada.
    2. 18. Jean-François Boucher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1705.
    3. 19. André Boucher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1705.
    4. 20. Denis-Joseph Boucher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1705.
    5. 21. Etienne Boucher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1705.
    6. 22. Angélique Boucher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1705.
    7. 23. Marie-Thèrése Boucher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1705.
    8. 24. Marie-Charlotte Boucher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1705.
    9. 25. Marie-Anne Boucher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1705.
    10. 26. Marie-Thèrése Boucher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1705.

  5. 14.  Jeanne Amiot Descendancy chart to this point (4.Marie2, 1.Pierre1) was born on 22 Nov 1670; was christened on 24 Nov 1670 in Québec City, Québec, Canada.

    Jeanne married Paul Tessier on 26 Feb 1691 in Neuville, Québec, Canada. Paul was born in cir 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Anne-Marie Tessier  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1692; was christened on 7 May 1692 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

  6. 15.  Jean Miville Descendancy chart to this point (7.Jacques2, 1.Pierre1) was born in 1672; died in 1711.

    Family/Spouse: Marie Dube. Marie was born in 1673; died in 1749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. Genevieve Miville  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1708; died in 1786.

  7. 16.  Marie Françoise Miville Descendancy chart to this point (9.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in 1694; was christened on 20 Jan 1694 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.

    Marie married Prisque Boucher on 6 Apr 1712 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada. Prisque (son of Pierre Boucher and Marie Anne St-Denis) was born in cir 1689 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. Therese Boucher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1720.


Generation: 4

  1. 17.  Nicolas Boucher Descendancy chart to this point (13.Marie-Jeanne3, 3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in 1702; was christened on 21 May 1702 in Saint-Antoine-Tilly, Québec, Canada; died in 1758; was buried on 22 May 1758 in Saint-Nicolas-de-Lévis, Québec, Canada.

    Notes:

    A gift of land to his sons, Louis and François. is recorded in 1757.

    Nicolas married Marie-Josephte Lambert-Champagne on 3 Sep 1726 in Saint-Nicolas-de-Lévis, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte (daughter of François Lambert and Marguérite Pilote) was born on 10 Apr 1709. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Louis Boucher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1735.
    2. 31. François Boucher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1735.
    3. 32. Genevieve Boucher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1750.

  2. 18.  Jean-François Boucher Descendancy chart to this point (13.Marie-Jeanne3, 3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1705.

    Family/Spouse: Gènevieve Fréchet. Gènevieve was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 19.  André Boucher Descendancy chart to this point (13.Marie-Jeanne3, 3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1705.

    Family/Spouse: Marguérite Lambert. Marguérite (daughter of François Lambert and Marguérite Pilote) was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Louise Marion. Louise was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 20.  Denis-Joseph Boucher Descendancy chart to this point (13.Marie-Jeanne3, 3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1705.

    Family/Spouse: Marie-Ursule Marion. Marie-Ursule was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 21.  Etienne Boucher Descendancy chart to this point (13.Marie-Jeanne3, 3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1705.

    Family/Spouse: Marie-Charles Houde. Marie-Charles was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 22.  Angélique Boucher Descendancy chart to this point (13.Marie-Jeanne3, 3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1705.

  7. 23.  Marie-Thèrése Boucher Descendancy chart to this point (13.Marie-Jeanne3, 3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1705.

    Family/Spouse: Philippe Dubois. Philippe was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 24.  Marie-Charlotte Boucher Descendancy chart to this point (13.Marie-Jeanne3, 3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1705.

    Family/Spouse: François Marion. François was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 25.  Marie-Anne Boucher Descendancy chart to this point (13.Marie-Jeanne3, 3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1705.

    Family/Spouse: Joseph Martineau. Joseph was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 26.  Marie-Thèrése Boucher Descendancy chart to this point (13.Marie-Jeanne3, 3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1705.

    Family/Spouse: Joseph Demers. Joseph was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Louis-François Bourgouin. Louis-François (son of Claude Bourgouin and Marie-Thèrése Magnan) was born in 1707; was christened on 3 May 1707. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. François Bourgouin  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1740.

  11. 27.  Anne-Marie Tessier Descendancy chart to this point (14.Jeanne3, 4.Marie2, 1.Pierre1) was born in 1692; was christened on 7 May 1692 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

    Anne-Marie married Louis-Étienne Gagné on 27 May 1715 in Pointe-Claire, Québec, Canada. Louis-Étienne was born in cir 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Pierre Gagné  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Apr 1718; was christened on 11 Apr 1718 in Laprairie, Québec, Canada; died on 23 Oct 1778; was buried on 24 Oct 1778 in Saint-Jean-François-Régis, St-Philippe, Québec, Canada.

  12. 28.  Genevieve Miville Descendancy chart to this point (15.Jean3, 7.Jacques2, 1.Pierre1) was born in 1708; died in 1786.

    Family/Spouse: Joseph Lavoie. Joseph (son of Jean Lavoie and Marie-Madeleine Boucher) was born in 1702; died in 1727. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. Augustin Lavoie  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1730; died in 1788.

  13. 29.  Therese Boucher Descendancy chart to this point (16.Marie3, 9.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1720.

    Therese married Joseph Jourdain on 14 May 1739 in Québec, Canada. Joseph (son of Guilliame Jourdain and Jeanne Constantin) was born in cir 1697 in Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Jeanine Jourdain  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1750.


Generation: 5

  1. 30.  Louis Boucher Descendancy chart to this point (17.Nicolas4, 13.Marie-Jeanne3, 3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1735.

    Notes:

    Charlotte Bougoin's surname is also given as Bourguignon.

    Louis married Marie-Charlotte Bourgouin on 4 Apr 1758 in Saint-Nicolas-de-Lévis, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte (daughter of Louis-François Bourgouin and Marie-Angélique Houde) was born in 1737; was christened on 25 Feb 1737. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Louis Boucher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1775.

  2. 31.  François Boucher Descendancy chart to this point (17.Nicolas4, 13.Marie-Jeanne3, 3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1735.

  3. 32.  Genevieve Boucher Descendancy chart to this point (17.Nicolas4, 13.Marie-Jeanne3, 3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1750.

    Genevieve married Augustin St-Onge on 23 Jan 1774 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada. Augustin (son of Jacques St-Onge and Françoise Lacoursiere) was born in cir 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 38. Dominique St-Onge  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1775.
    2. 39. Marie-Anne St-Onge  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1775.

  4. 33.  François Bourgouin Descendancy chart to this point (26.Marie-Thèrése4, 13.Marie-Jeanne3, 3.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1740.

    Family/Spouse: Thèrése Gaudreau. Thèrése was born in cir 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 34.  Pierre Gagné Descendancy chart to this point (27.Anne-Marie4, 14.Jeanne3, 4.Marie2, 1.Pierre1) was born on 10 Apr 1718; was christened on 11 Apr 1718 in Laprairie, Québec, Canada; died on 23 Oct 1778; was buried on 24 Oct 1778 in Saint-Jean-François-Régis, St-Philippe, Québec, Canada.

    Family/Spouse: Catherine Longtin. Catherine was born in cir 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. René-Amable Gagné  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1759; was christened on 28 Sep 1759 in Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine, Laprairie, Québec, Canada; died in 1810; was buried on 14 Jul 1810 in Saint-Philippe, Laprairie, Québec, Canada.

  6. 35.  Augustin Lavoie Descendancy chart to this point (28.Genevieve4, 15.Jean3, 7.Jacques2, 1.Pierre1) was born in 1730; died in 1788.

    Family/Spouse: Françoise Berube. Françoise (daughter of Pierre Berube and Marie Madeleine Levesque) was born in 1737; died in 1766. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 41. Ignace Lavoie  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1758.

  7. 36.  Jeanine Jourdain Descendancy chart to this point (29.Therese4, 16.Marie3, 9.François2, 1.Pierre1) was born in cir 1750.

    Family/Spouse: Jacques Lafontaine. Jacques (son of Jean-Baptiste Lafontaine and Ange Latulippe-Guenet-Queret) was born in cir 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 42. Angelique Lafontaine  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1775 in Saint-Jean, Île d'Orléans, Montmorency, Québec, Canada.


 

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