4. | Le SUISSE Pierre Miville Dit was born in 1602 in Canton Fribourg, Switzerland, Cant. Fribourg, Suisse; died on 14 Oct 1669 in Lauzon, Levis, Quebec, 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]
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