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Catherine Le Jeune (dit Briard)

Catherine was born about 1633 in Port Royal, Acadie, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.

Birth Notes

Catherine's father was Pierre Le Jeune I (dit Briard) and her mother was Unknown Mi'kmaq Indian. She had a brother and a sister, named Pierre and Edmee. She was the youngest of the three children. She died before 1686.

General Notes
- Catherine LEJEUNE dit BRIARD (1633, Port Royal) married in 1651 at Port Royal François SAVOIE, born c. 1621, Martaize, Loudon, Vienne, France and died in 1678 in Port Royal.
  
  HAS: d.1672
  
  In 1643, 22-year-old Francois Savoie, a farmer from Martaize, arrived in Acadia and married Catherine Lejeune in 1651. They had nine children, only one of whom was a son, Germain, who married into the Breaux clan and fathered 12 children, including five sons who created families of their own. (13)

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Pierre Le Jeune I (dit Briard)
  - b.1595 in Martaize, La Rochelle, Aunis, France d. in Port Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada
  
  Catherine Le Jeune (dit Briard)
  - b.~ 1633 in Port Royal, Acadie, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia d.< 1686
  
  Unknown Mi'kmaq Indian
  - b.~ 1610 in Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada

Personal Timeline

Details of Catherine's family with François Savoie

Sources/Citations Arsenault, Genealogie, Dictionnaire Acadiennes,