Pierre Banvard (1703 - 1754)

Born 1703 in Principauté de Montbéliard, Saint-Empire Romain Germanique

Husband of Françoise Jeanperrin — married 3 Sep 1726 in Brognard, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France

Descendants

Died 19 Aug 1754 at about age 51 in Nova Scotia

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Biography

While they may have been considered Foreign Protestants, they were not Hugenot, who were Calvinists. Montbeliard was a French speaking principality. "Handbill advertisements were posted throughout central Europe, and over 2700 'Foreign Protestants', mainly from agricultural communities along the Rhine River corridor, responded to the offer and emigrated to Nova Scotia. Most came from the Upper Rhine area of present-day Germany, from the French- and German-speaking Swiss cantons, and from the French-speaking principality of Montbéliard (now part of France)"^[1]

The family was probably Lutheran in Montbeliard. Pierre's daughter Marguerite Elisabeth Banvard married Jean Georges Louis (Dauphinee) Dauphinée whose family was Lutheran and from Montbeliard as well.

Pierre Banvard migrated to Nova Scotia from Montbeliard. He sailed from Rotterdam on the "Speedwell" and arrived in Halifax, NS on May 16, 1752. He is listed on the passenger list as a weaver. (from Passenger lists for ships carrying "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia. Ship named the "Speedwell." ^[2]

Please see Photographs of Montbeliard Monument, Town of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, https://ns1763.ca/civil-relics/montbeliard/ to find the surname Banvard.

The Inscription on the Monument reads, " This memorial is dedicated to the Montbeliard families who came to Lunenburg between the years 1749-1752. This memorial is dedicated to the memory of the 431 foreign protestants from the principality of Montbeliard who landed in Nova Scotia between 1749 and 1752. Many of these Montbeliardians were among the founding settlers of Lunenburg on June 8, 1753.

Until 1793, Montbeliard was an independent principality situated northwest of Switzerland. It was the one francophone Lutheran country on earth. Today Montbeliard is a part of France.

With the help of Montbeliardian descendents, the South Shore Genealogical Society and a committee headed by Murray Jodie and Paul Jodrey, this idea for remembrance has become reality. July 10, 1988, Pierre Jodry of Audincourt, France (Near the city of Montbeliard) unveiled this Monument."

From The Foreign Protestants "...the immigrants were almost all Protestants, and during their early years in Nova Scotia were known collectively as ‘the Foreign Protestants’ to distinguish them from the Acadian French."

Sources

1. ↑ [1], article extract from Lunenburg before 1800, Lunenburg by the Seas
2. ↑ Marsha Auger April 9, 2016

• Montbélliard Emigrations to Nova Scotia, 1749-1752, p. 79 Torrence M. Punch, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore Maryland, 2014.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Banvard-15 created through the import of Collier, Centola, Di Rocco, Po(1).ged on Oct 14, 2011 by Michael Collier.