SAUVENIER Jeanne

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

Jeanne married SOUCY Jean (Lavigne) "Dit Lavique" in 1670. Jean (son of SOUCY Claude Lavigne "Dit Soucy" and De VAIME Francoise) was born in 1647; died before 22 Aug 1679. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. SOUCY Anne was born on 05 Sep 1671 in Ille Aux Oies, QC; died in 1743 in Riviere Quelle, QC.
2. SOUCY Pierre was born on 13 Apr 1673 in Ille Aux Oies, QC; died on 07 Jan 1760 in Riviere-Quelle, PQ, Canada.
3. SOUCY Marie-Anne was born on 15 Feb 1675 in Ile-Aux-Grues, QC.
4. SOUCY Guillaume was born on 05 Apr 1677; died before 1726.

Jeanne married BERUBE Damien on 22 Aug 1679 in Ilet, PQ, Canada. Damien (son of BERUBE Robert and POGNOT Catherine) was born in 1651 in Rochefort, Rouen, France; died in 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BERUBE Jeanne Marguerite was born in 1680; died about 1709.
2. BERUBE Pierre was born in 1682; died in 1736.

Jeanne married MIVILLE Francois Dit Le Suisse on 07 Nov 1692 in Riviere Quelle, Kamouraska, PQ, Canada. Francois (son of Le SUISSE Pierre Miville Dit and MAUGIS Charlotte) was born on 16 May 1634 in Notre Dame De Brouage, Saintonge, France; died on 23 Nov 1711 in Riviere Quelle, Kamouraska, PQ, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. MIVILLE Marie-Francois

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