THIRTEENTH GENERATION

8078. Pierre Miville ⁽¹⁾ was born in 1602 in Fribourg, Switzerland. He died on 14 Oct 1669 in Cote de Lauzon, Quebec, Canada. He was buried on 15 Oct 1669 in Notre Dame, Quebec, Canada. He Profession in Master Carpenter. Pierre Milville was an improtant colonist from the coast of Lauzon. He was of Swiss origin. Pierre was born in 1602 at Fribourg in Switzerland. He was married in that vicinity in 1629., and in the spring of 1649, he sailed for Canada with his wife and 6 children. He was given a land grant on the coast of Lauzon, facing the Plaines d'Abraham, today being situated near the Patton stream in the parish St. David-de-l'Auberiviere.

In 1669, several colonist came from Fribourg having obtained grants at the Grande-Anse, now known as St. Anne-de-la-Pocatiere. Pierre supervised the cultivation of their land which carried the name of "Canton of Swiss Fribourgeois." This atempt at colonizing did not succeed and the Swiss all returned to their country with the exception of Pierre Milville, who stayed on the coast of Lauzon where he soon became a captain in the militia.

This colonist who was known as "the Swiss", after his origin, left numerous desendants in Canada. Pierre was a Master Carpenter by trade.

Information on death found on the internet. Ref Family Tree Maker web site - Ancestor Report: See Dave & Mary's Home Page.


Notes for Pierre Miville, dit Le Suisse:
A biog. of Pierre Miville dit le Suisse - pg 511 (publication?)
He was a master-joiner and captain of the Lauson shore; died 14 Oct. 1669. Swiss by birth, Miville came to 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' Ailleboust, a grant of land in the seigneury of Lauson, which was later raised to the status of an arriere-fife. Miville apparently tried to entice some of his compatriots to Canada. In fact, on 16 July 1665, M. de Prouville de Tracy granted , along with his sons and four other persons, a concession measuring 21 arpents by 40 at Grande Anse (La Pocatière), naming the locality "the Canton of the 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-Deschénes families of North America.
Honorius Provost
"Le canton de Suisses Fribourgeos," BRH, XX (1914), 233f. J.-E. Roy,
"Histoire de la seigneurie de Lauson, I, 69-71.

More About Pierre* Miville, dit Le Suisse:
Fact 6: Name means "Middletown".
He was married to Charlotte Maugis in 1629 in Suisse, Fribourg, Switzerland. Information on the internet show the year of marriage as 1631 and the place as Rocheford District of Brouage, Saintonge, France.

8079. Charlotte Maugis⁽¹⁾ was born in 1607 in Saintes, Saintonge, France. She died on 11 Oct 1676 in Lauzon, Quebec, Canada. She was buried on 11 Oct 1676 in Lauzon, Levis, Quebec, Canada. Birth information found on the internet. See Family Tree Maker's web site. Ref Ancestor report: See Dave and Mary Ann's Home Page. Children were:

4039 i. Marie Miville.
1950 ii. Francois Miville, Dit Le Suisse.
iii. Aimee Miville⁽¹⁾ was born on 12 Aug 1635.
iv. Magdeline Miville⁽¹⁾ was born on 18 Dec 1636 in Notre Dame de Brouage, France.
v. Jacques Miville, Dit Deschênes⁽¹⁾ was born on 2 May 1639 in Brouage, France. He died on 21 Jan 1688 in Riviere-Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.
1789 vi. Suzanne Miville.