Pierre Chauvin dit LeGrand Pierre

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Personal and Family Information

Pierre was born in 1624 in Vion, Sablé-sur-Sarthe, la Flèche, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France , the son of René Chauvin and Catherine Avare DeSolesne.

He died on 04 AUG 1699 in Montréal QC .

His wife was Marie-Marthe Hautreux, who he married on 16 SEP 1658 in Montréal QC . Their eleven known children were Marie-Marthe (1662-1728), Gilles-Jules (1668-c1754), Pierre (1663-c1691), Barbe (1665-?), Michelle (1670-1722), Joseph (1674-1729), Nicolas (c1675/76-?), Louis (c1677/78-?), Paul (1679/80-1699), Jean Baptiste (1684-?) and Jacques (c1672-1729).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Pierre Chauvin dit LeGrand Pierre
(1624-1699)

 

René Chauvin
(c1603-1638)

 

Jean Chauvin
(c1561-<1620)

   
 
 
     
 
 
   

Renée Leduc
(c1561-<1620)

   
 
 
     
 
 
   

Catherine Avare DeSolesne
(-1638)

 

Pierre Avare
 

   
 
 
     
 
 
   

Pernalle Chevellion
 

   
 
 
     
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth 1624
Place: Vion, Sablé-sur-Sarthe, la Flèche, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
Death 4 AUG 1699
Place: Montréal QC
Immigration NOV 1653
Place: Montréal QC

Notes

Note 1

Profession: Soldat et meunier

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Pierre came from Vion in the west of France on jul 20, 1653 with Joseph Jérôme Le Royer de la Dauversiere. He had been hired as a miller, with 105 other people by Paul de Chomédy de Maisonneuve to save the colony of Montréal in a hopeless situation.

Sources

  1. J:Dictionnaire Génélogique des Familles du Quebec des Origines avant 1730
    Source: J:Dictionnaire Génélogique des Familles du Quebec des Origines avant 1730
    Authors: René Jetté
    Page: 241