Pierre (dit Le Suisse) Miville

Male Abt 1602 - 1669  (67 years)


Personal Information    |    Notes    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Pierre (dit Le Suisse) Miville 
    Born Abt 1602  Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 14 Oct 1669  Quebec City, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 15 Oct 1669  Quebec City, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I06121  Tombeau Family Tree
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2007 

    Family Charlotte Maugis,   b. Abt 1607, Saint-Germain, Charente-Mariitime, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1676, Quebec City, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married Abt 1631  N.D. de Hiers-Brouage, Charente-Maritime, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Marie Miville,   b. 13 Dec 1632, Notre Dame de Hiers-Brouage, near Rochefort, Saintes, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1702, Hotel Dieu, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    +2. Francois Miville,   b. 16 May 1634, Hiers-Brouage, Charente-Maritime, FRance Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1711, Riviere-Ouelle, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +3. Madeleine Miville,   b. 18 Nov 1636, Hiers-Brouage, Charente-Maritime, FRance Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 16 Sep 1708, Chateau-Richer, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 72 years)
    Family ID F2327  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • From Rene Jette's Genealogical Dictionary: Pierre Miville dit LeSuisse was originally from the Canton of Frebourg, Switzerland. He married about 1631 at Brouage, near Rochefort, Saintes, St. Onge, Char.-Mar., France. He came to Canada with 6 children somewhere between 1642 and 1650. In the Census of 1667 he was listed as 65 years old. He was a master carpenter. A concession to seven Swiss men from the Canton of Frebourg was given at Pocatiere on 16 July 1667. A concession to Miville on the River Chaudiere along with the Ile Fortunee was recorded 3 November 1672. He was Captain of the militia of the Cote Lauzon. He married Charlote Maugis of St. Germain de Lusignon, or St. Germain de Vilrac, or St. Germaine de Seudre near Janzac, or... She is said to have died at age 95 at Lauzon and was buried at Quebec. if we are to accept this age for her, she was born in 1581 and was much older than her husband who was born in about 1602. Further she woudl have been 59 in 1640 when she had her daughter Madeleine.

      A chapter of Thomas LaForest's "Our Fench Canadian Ancestors" is devoted to Pierre Miville dit Le Suisse (Vol. 27, Chap 6. pp 105-132.)

      See Cyprien Tanguay's Genealogical Dictionary, Vol. 1, p. 435 entry for Pieree Miville dit LeSuisse

      See the following web site for the information below: Genealogie des Francais d'Amerique du Nord: http://www.francogene.com/genealogie-quebec/005/398.php

      Voici la famille de Pierre MIVILLE dit LE SUISSE et Charlotte MAUGIS
      [96] MIVILLE dit LE SUISSE, Pierre (..), né vers 1602 (rec-1667) Fribourg (Suisse), décédé 1669-10-14, inhumé 1669-10-15 Québec (Québec)
      * mariés vers 1631, de Brouage com Hiers-Brouage (Notre-Dame) (Charente-Maritime: 170189), France
      MAUGIS, Charlotte (..), née vers 1607 (rec-1667), 1581 (sép-1676) St-Germain (Charente-Maritime: 17xxx), France, décédée 1676-10-11, inhumée 1676-10-11 Québec (Québec)
      1) Aimée, baptisée 1635-08-12 Brouage auj Hiers-Brouage (Notre-Dame) (Charente-Maritime: 170189), France, décédée 1713-12-09, inhumée 1713-12-10 Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré (Québec), mariée Québec (Québec) 1652-07-02 Robert GIGUÈRE
      2) François, baptisé 1634-05-16 Brouage auj Hiers-Brouage (Notre-Dame) (Charente-Maritime: 170189), France, décédé 1711-11-23, inhumé 1711-11-24 Rivière-Ouelle (Québec), marié Québec (Québec) 1660-08-10 Marie LANGLOIS, marié Rivière-Ouelle (Québec) 1692-11-07 Jeanne SAVONET
      3) Jacques, baptisé 1639-05-02 Hiers auj Hiers-Brouage (St-Hilaire) (Charente-Maritime: 170189), France, décédé 1688-01-27, inhumé 1688-01-28 Rivière-Ouelle (Québec), marié Québec (Québec) 1669-11-12 Catherine de BAILLON
      4) Madeleine, baptisée 1636-11-18 Brouage auj Hiers-Brouage (Notre-Dame) (Charente-Maritime: 170189), France, décédée après 1708-09-16 Château-Richer (Québec), mariée Québec (Québec) 1652-11-20 Jean CAUCHON
      5) Marie, baptisée 1632-12-13 Brouage auj Hiers-Brouage (Notre-Dame) (Charente-Maritime: 170189), France, décédée 1702-09-05, inhumée Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (Québec), mariée Québec (Québec) 1650-11-22 Mathieu AMIOT de et dit VILLENEUVE
      6) Suzanne, baptisée 1640-01-24 Hiers-Brouage (St-Hilaire) (Charente-Maritime: 170189), France, décédée 1675-08-29, inhumée 1675-08-30 Ste-Famille I.O. (Québec), mariée Québec (Québec) 1655-04-12 Antoine PAULET ou POULET



      Pierre Miville:

      Ancestor on the Madore, Pitt and Presse lines. ( http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/madore/bio/Pierre_Miville.html)

      OCCUPATION: Maitre-menuisier (master Joiner or carpenter).

      Capitaine de la Cote Lauzon de LaRochelle.

      IMMIGRATION: Aug 23 1649 Quebec from LaRochelle, France.

      Michel Langlois in his “Dictionnaire Biographique des Ancetres Quebecois (1608 - 1700) Tome 3, Lettres J a M”, article on Pierre Miville dit le Suissse on page 453, relates the following incident:

      “Le premiere juillet 1664, il tente d’enlever des engages que se trouvent abord d’un vaisseau en rade de Quebec. On l’arrete et on le bannit de Quebec pour cette offense.”

      I translate that on “1 July 1664 he tried to take some contracted men from a ship in the anchorage of Quebec and was arrested and banished from Quebec for this offense.”

      PIERRE MIVILLE known as LeSuisse Pierre Miville is the first pioneer of Suisse origin to come with his family to New-France. Pierre Miville was born towards 1602, in the area of Freiburg, in the west of Switzerland. Freiburg is a chief town of canton which Sarine bathes, river which takes its source in the north of Sion (Sitten), in the Alps. Towards 1631, in Brouage, in the eveche Holy ones, in Saintonge, current department of the Charente-Maritime, Pierre marries Charlotte Maugis, originating in Saint-Germain in Saintonge.

      Together, they have seven children, all born in France. The elder one dies in five years, the six others arrive towards 1649 to New-France with their parents. Four of the children have a descent who bind us to the pioneers of Miville.

      The ancestor Pierre Miville, known as LeSuisse dies on October 14 1669. His funeral takes place the following day, with the church of Quebec and his body is buried in the parochial cemetery. Charlotte Maugis dies on October 11 1676 buried in the cemetery of the Church in the Coast of Lauzon.