Pierre Miville dit le Suisse

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Pierre was born about 1602 in peut-être Friborg, Suisse, the son of Isaac Miville and Salomé Lomène.

He died on 15 OCT 1669 in Lauzon (Lauson), now Lévis, Chaudière-Appalaches QC .

His wife was Charlotte Maugis, who he married on 10 AUG 1630 in Brouage (Hiers-Brouage), Marenne, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France . Their eight known children were Jacques (1639-1688), Aimée (c1629-?), Gabriel (c1630-1635), Marie (1632-1702), François (1634-1711), Aimée (1635-1713), Marie-Madeleine (1636-c1708) and Suzanne (1640-1675).

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Master joiner, pioneer and captain 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 François, received from the governor, LOUIS d'AILLEBOUT, a grant of land in the seigneury of Lauson, which was later raised to the status of arrière-fief. Miville apparently tried to entice some of his compatriots to Canada. In fact, on 16 July 1665, M. de PROUVILLE de Tracy granted him, 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 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 Canadian Biographies, Vol I 1000-1700. University of Toranto Press, 1966. Death notice printed in Le Fribourgeois dated Dec 1990 Known as "Le Suisse". Reéut le 16 juillet 1665, avec ses deux fils et quatre autres de ses compatriotes fribourgeois,la concession du "Canton des suisses fribourgeois" La Pocatière.