Andre Mignier dit Lagace

Male Abt 1640 - 1727  (87 years)


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  • Name Andre Mignier dit Lagace  [1
    Born Abt 1640  Saint Martin, Ile de Re, Aunis, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Residence Bef 1664  Saint Martin de Re, La Rochelle, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Military Service 24 Feb 1663/64  [3
    • Andre was a member of the L'Allier regiment. This regiment joined General Alexandre de Prouville, Seigneur de Tracy, in a convoy of about 150 ships that sailed to the Antilles in support of the Company of the West Indies. The islands of Cayenne, Martinque, Guadeloupe, Saint-Kitts and Saint-Dominique voluntarily ceded to France. The regiment stayed in the Antilles through 1664.

      In March of 1665 General Tracy was given orders to be at the mouth of the St. Lawrence by mid-June. Andre and the L'Allier regiment arrived at Quebec on 30 June 1665 where they joined the Carignan-Salieres Regiment. Their winter quarters were in the areas of Quebec, Trois-Rivieres and Montreal.

      The regiment joined forces with the Canadians and Amerindien forces in September of 1666 to wipe out the Iroquois living south of Lake Champlain.

      In 1668, there was a demobilization and half the soldiers returned to France. Andre was one of about 403 soldiers that remained in Canada.
    Immigration 30 Jun 1665  [1
    • He came as a soldier with the Berthier Company of the Carignan Regiment (detached from the Allier Regiment).
    Residence 1668  Quebec, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Land 14 Oct 1668  Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Andre received a concession of land on the Saint-Charles river that consisted of 2 arpents of frontage by 30 deep. A witness to the act was Frontenac.
    Residence Aft 1671  Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • The lived in the Saint-Joseph section of Charlesbourg.
    Land 20 Mar 1671/72  [3
    • Andre recieved a concession of land with an area of 15 square arpents.
    Confirmation 28 Oct 1677  Quebec, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1681  Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5

    • Andre Migniere, habitant, 41 years
      Jacquette Michelle, 44 years
      Andre Migniere, 12 years
      Marie Migniere, 10 years
      Francoise Migniere, 8 years
      Marie Migniere, 5 years
      Jacquette Migniere, 2 years

      They owned 1 gun, 3 head of cattle and had 15 arpents of land under cultivation in the village of Saint-Joseph.
    Land 28 Oct 1681  Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Andre sold his property to Joseph Blondeau dit Lafranchise.
    Land 28 Jun 1692  La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Andre leased a farm on the river, 14 arpents of frontage by 40 deep, from Charles Aubert. His commentment was for three years. Andre lived at this property until 1704 when his son Michel took over.
    Name Lagace or Lagasse  [3
    • Andre most likely received this name during his time in the military. The phrase "?i?tirer la gachette?/i?" means pulling the trigger. ?i?La Gachette?/i? would later become Lagace and Lagasse.
    Name Andre Meignier  [2
    Name Andre Menie  [6
    Name Andre Meunier dit Lagasse 
    Name Andre Meynier  [7
    Name Andre Meynier Lagasse  [8
    Name Andre Mignier  [9
    Occupation 1695  Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    church warden 
    _UID 8820C41DA38942D7BD8C907B9587AFCDBAD2 
    Died 21 Nov 1727  La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10
    • the act stipulates that the defunt is widowed of Mary Francoise and therefore Andre the son, but the reconstitution of families teaches us that it is plutot of Andre pere
    Buried 22 Nov 1727  La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10
    Person ID I8937  Lirette Family Tree
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2020 

    Father Michel Mignier,   bur. 20 May 1678, Saint Martin de Re, La Rochelle, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Catherine Masson,   bur. 10 Mar 1668/69, La Chapelle du Bois, La Rochelle, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 16 Apr 1635  Saint Martin de Re, La Rochelle, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Family ID F3625  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacquette Michel,   b. Abt 1637, Sainte Catherine, La Flotte, Ile de Re, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1710, Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage Contract 7 Oct 1668  Quebec, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • Notary Becquet drew up the contract ath the home of Jeanne Duguay, widow of Antoine Leboesme dit Lalime. Neither spouse could sign the contract.
    Married 23 Oct 1668  Quebec, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Marriage Ceremony 23 Oct 1668  Quebec, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Present at the ceremony were Simon Roy, Francois Paris, Jean Giron and Bernard Chapelain.
    Children 
     1. Andre Mignier,   b. 4 Oct 1669, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1728/29, La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     2. Marie Mignier,   b. 13 Oct 1671, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1686  (Age 15 years)
     3. Francoise Mignier,   b. 27 Jun 1674, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 29 Sep 1750, La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)
     4. Marie Anne Mignier,   b. 16 Jan 1676/77, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 27 Jan 1749/50, La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years)
     5. Marie Madeleine Mignier,   b. 24 Aug 1679, Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Michel Mignier,   b. 18 Apr 1682, Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 May 2014 
    Family ID F3624  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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