Showing posts with label Miville. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miville. Show all posts

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Pierre Miville of Quebec

   
Below is the death record (Drouin Volumes) of Pierre Miville who was born c.1602 in Freiburg, Switzerland.  Pierre married Charlotte Mauger (Maugis) and together with their 6 children settled in Quebec, New France, abt 1649. He died 15 Oct 1669 in Quebec. His wife, Charlotte Maugis, followed in death on October 11, 1676.
We are descendant of their daughter,  Marie Aimee, who married Robert Giguere on 02 July 1652.

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Towns of our Ancestors: Fribourg, Suisse

Freiburg, Switzerland    (Fribourg, Suisse)

Founded in 1157, Freiburg is located on the river Sarine on the Swiss plateau.


Its Old City with its medieval architecture, sits on a small rocky hill above the valley of the Sarine.


This was the hometown of our ancestor, Pierre Miville, born c.1602.  
Pierre married Charlotte Mauger (Maugis) and together with their 6 children settled in Quebec, New France abt 1649.