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SAUVENIER Jeanne

Female Abt 1647 - 1721  (74 years)


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  • Name SAUVENIER Jeanne 
    Birth Abt 1647  Paris, Seine, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 12 Mar 1721  Riviere Quelle, Kamouraska, PQ, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Burial: March 13, 1721 Rivere Quelle, Kamouraska, PQ, Canada
    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.
    Person ID I8402  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2024 

    Father SAUVENIER Jacques 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother BABILLOT Antoinette 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F8401  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 SOUCY Jean (Lavigne) "Dit Lavique",   b. 1647   d. Bef 22 Aug 1679 (Age < 32 years) 
    Marriage 1670 
    Children 
     1. SOUCY Anne,   b. 05 Sep 1671, Ille Aux Oies, QC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1743, Riviere Quelle, QC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [natural]
     2. SOUCY Pierre,   b. 13 Apr 1673, Ille Aux Oies, QC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Jan 1760, Riviere-Quelle, PQ, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [natural]
     3. SOUCY Marie-Anne,   b. 15 Feb 1675, Ile-Aux-Grues, QC Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. SOUCY Guillaume,   b. 05 Apr 1677   d. Bef 1726 (Age < 48 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F9121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 BERUBE Damien,   b. 1651, Rochefort, Rouen, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1688 (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage 22 Aug 1679  Ilet, PQ, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. BERUBE Jeanne Marguerite,   b. 1680   d. Abt 1709 (Age 29 years)  [natural]
     2. BERUBE Pierre,   b. 1682   d. 1736 (Age 54 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F989  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2024 

    Family 3 MIVILLE Francois Dit Le Suisse,   b. 16 May 1634, Notre Dame De Brouage, Saintonge, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1711, Riviere Quelle, Kamouraska, PQ, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 07 Nov 1692  Riviere Quelle, Kamouraska, PQ, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. MIVILLE Marie-Francois  [natural]
    Family ID F5727  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2024 

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