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Andre Mignier dit Lagace Land Grant – La Pocatiere/Riviere Ouelle

In the 17th century La Nouvelle France needed as many new settlers as possible. As a result, when soldiers finished their tours of duty, they were offered land in the new seigneuries that were being established up and down the St-Lawrence River. The land was always partitioned into thin strips so that each settler would have some frontage on the St-Lawrence river. Our ancestor Andre Mignier dit Lagace was offered land in the Seigneury of La Pocatiere.

Andre Mignier arrived in La Pocatiere about 1682. His seigneur was Charles Aubert de la Chenaye. By 1699 Andre Mignier son of the same name was given land measuring 4 arpents by 42 between Pierre Soucy and Philippe Boucher.

You can see Andre Mignier’s land at #122. Also, Andre Mignier’s son Michel (our direct ancestor) married Marguerite Pelletier, daughter of Jean Pelletier. You can see both Michel Mignier’s and Jean Pelletier’s land grants. If you look through the rest of Andre Mignier’s sons and daughters-in-law at:

The Mignier dit Lagaces from Poitou-Charentes to Nouvelle France: Beginnings (1)

you will find most of the spouse’s family land grants as well.

Source: Roy, Leon 1897. Les terres de la Grande-Anse, des Aulnaies et du Port-Joly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Related Posts:

Portal – Lagace Mignier

Historical Document: Andre Meigne, Jacquette Michel Marriage, 1668

 

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February 12, 2009 Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | Genealogy, Lagace, Mignier, Quebec | 10 Comments