Catherine LEJEUNE

(b. abt. 1633 , France d. abt. 1672 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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Catherine LEJEUNE was born abt. 1633 in France

Catherine LEJEUNE was the child of Pierre LEJEUNE and Unknown UNKNOWN

Catherine was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1638.

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Catherine married François SAVOIE abt. 1652 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
François SAVOIE was born abt. 1621 in Martaizé, Loudun, Vienne, France (Martaize).

Catherine LEJEUNE died abt. 1672 in Port Royal, Acadia .

mtDNA test results indicate that she is European
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Family and Children of Catherine LEJEUNE

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Catherine LEJEUNE married

François SAVOIE-- Date: abt. 1652 Place: , Acadia, Canada
"Francois Savoie, a farmer from Martaize, near Loudun, south of the Loire valley in France, born in c1621, came to Acadia probably in the 1640s and married Catherine, sister of Edmée Lejeune, wife of early Acadian settler Francois Gautrot. Francois Savoie and Catherine Lejeune had nine children, only two of them sons: Germain, born at Port-Royal in c1654, and Francois, fils, in c1663. Their six daughters married into the Corporon, Triel dit Laperrière, Pellerin, Levron dit Nantois, Préjean dit Le Breton, and Chiasson families. "

Source: acadiansingray.com

Children of François SAVOIE and Catherine LEJEUNE:

Françoise SAVOIE (b.abt. 1653, Port Royal, Acadia d. 27 December 1711, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Jean CORPORON 1668 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Germain SAVOIE (b.abt. 1654, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1739, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Marie BREAU dite VINCELOTTE 1678 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie SAVOIE (b.abt. 1657, , Acadia, Canada d. 11 March 1741, Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie )
m. Jacques TRIEL dit LAPERRIERE 1675 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Jeanne SAVOIE (b.abt. 1658, Port Royal, Acadia d. 3 November 1735, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Etienne PELLERIN 1675 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Catherine SAVOIE (b.abt. 1662, Port Royal, Acadia d. , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada )
m. François LEVRON dit NANTAIS 1676 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

François SAVOIE (b.abt. 1663, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Barnabe SAVOIE (b.abt. 1665, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1686, Port Royal, Acadia )

Andree SAVOIE (b.abt. 1667, Port Royal, Acadia d. 6 June 1733, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )
m. Jean PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) dit LEBRETON 1683 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie SAVOIE (b.1 May 1670, Port Royal, Acadia d. 10 April 1714, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Gabriel Pierre CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE 1688 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1670 Birth of Child
Marie SAVOIE was born 1 May 1670, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1671 Port Royal, Acadia
Francois SAVOYE, 50, wife, Catherine LeJEUNE 38; children: Francoise 18, Germain 17, Marie 14, Jeanne 13, Catherine 9, Francoise 8, Barabe 6, Andree 4, Marie 2; cattle 4
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

Catherine is buried at: Garrison Graveyard
St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

Added: 5/11/2009 8:40:53 AM - Updated: 7/9/2025 11:33:22 AM