Monday 28 January 2019

THE MIUS ( MUISE ) HERITAGE

      MOSES   MUISE


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LINK  TO  MIUS  ( MUISE )  FAMILY  HERITAGE
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OUR  PAST
In 1886 a group of  Mi'kmaq came to St. George's Bay from Grand Codroy Valley, Newfoundland Documents were written up by Bishop Neil McNeil . People were  lured by work.

 Moses Muise was blacksmith and  helped build the RC. Church in St George's. 

They were granted 100 acres  of land that   already had  been  assigned  by the Queen of England in a treaty that both provincial and federal Government now don't recognize .

Settlement was  at the height of Steel Mountain Road ,  now Muse's Lane. It was the first known Mi'kmaq Village on the Island of Newfoundland. 

They are still 94 % Mi'kmaq living in this area. 

My Great-Great -Grandfather and his wife, Lucy ,  were  some of the last to speak the Mi'kmaq language. 

Every year a group of Mui's would sail over the NS to Chappell Island for St. Ann's gathering held there.

Lucy was the last women to sing Mi'kmaq songs in the Church in St. George's and after a new Bishop came to St. George's she was no longer allowed to sing in Mi'kmaq, only in Latin.

Our people had lived off the land and planted their own crops. All nine families reared live stock and very little we bought to stores.

On Muise Lane their were several  stores ,but most time they traded among the nine families of old Mose's Mui's.

They  lived a Mi'kmaq traditional way of hunting, guiding, fishing , and providing for the long winter months.

Those days are long gone  but we most remember the days as we were treated as  outcasts from the rest of St. George's by the real people that built the foundation of this neck of the woods..

Pikto'l Sa'ke'j Mui's
Victor James Mui
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THE  MIUS  (MUISE ) FAMILY

The youngest son, Philippe kept only Mius as his surname and is the ancestor of the Mius family, now spelled Muise or Meuse, which was the real patronymic or family name. 

He married two Micmac Indian wives, both of whom seem to have been given the name of Marie. 

He established himself at first on the eastern shore of what is now the Bay of Barrington.

 His oldest son Joseph is the father of the Acadien Mius family of today.

 All of his other children integrated into the Micmac tribe leaving Joseph to take residence in Pobomcoup. 

   Information from Le Musee Acadien, W. Pubnico, Nova Scotia and Father Clarence d’Entremont.
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THE  MIUS  FAMILY IN NOVA SCOTIA ....1881 Census

This is a copy of the 1881 Census of Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia :

Muse, Annie, Age 22, Shanty, Education-?, Married, Pictou County Little Harbor
Muse, Annie, Age 6, Shanty, Pictou County Little Harbor
Muse, Bridget, Age 2, Shanty, Antigonish
Muse, Charles, Age 22, House, Education-?, No Occupation Listed, Married, Pictou County Hardwood Hill
Muse, Clemmet, Age 48, Shanty, Education-?, Cooper, Married, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Eliza, Age 3, House, Pictou County Hardwood Hill
Muse, Francis, Age 22, Shanty, Education-?, Hunter/Fisherman, Single, St. Peter's
Muse, Joe, Age 28, Shanty, Education-?, Cooper, Married, Antigonish
Muse, John, Age 28, Shanty, Education-?, Cooper, Married, Pictou County Little Harbor
Muse, Joseph, Age 2, Shanty, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Libby, Age 2, Shanty, Pictou County Little Harbor
Muse, Magdelin, Age 21, House, Education-?, Married, Pictou County Hardwood Hill
Muse, Margaret, Age 16, Shanty, Education-?, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Martha, Age 23, Shanty, Education-?, Married, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Mary, Age 2, Shanty, Pictou County Hardwood Hill
Muse, Mary, Age 19, Shanty, Education-?, Single, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Morris, Age 4 Months, Shanty, Antigonish
Muse, Nancy, Age 24, Shanty, Education-?, Married, Antigonish
Muse, Nancy, Age 80, Shanty, Education-?, Single, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Noel, Age 1, Shanty, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F..



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The MI'KMAQ Family
of
Phillip MIUS and His Two wives
Philippe MIUS and Unknown
Françoise Mius & Jacques Bonnevie
Joseph Mius & (He married Marie Amireau)
Child of Joseph Mius & Marie Amireau
Charles Mius(He married Marie Marthe Hébert)
Child of Charles Mius & Marie Marthe Hébert
Barthelemy Mius ( He married Madeleine Doiron)
Philippe MIUS & Marie
Madeleine Marie Mius (She married Jean-Baptiste Guédry [Petitpas]
Child of Madeleine Mius & Jean-Baptiste Guédry
Marie Guédry (She married Germain Lejeune [Lejeune Mi'kmaq])
Children of Marie Guédry & Germain Lejeune:
Paul Lejeune (He married Hélène Angélique - Mi'kmaq)
Germain Lejeune (He married Marie Anne La Sonde [Petitpas Mi'kmaq])
Christophe Lejeune (He Married Louise Haché (Gallant) [Gallant Mi'kmaq)
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There is no more prominent Mi'kmaq family from which the Bras d'Or Indian descend than the Mius family.
From the Signing of Treaties to the Hanging of two sons of Philippe Mius in Boston, both hanged as INDIANS, this Mi'kmaq family can be readily found in the records.
Philippe Mius was first married to a Mi'kmaq woman whose name is lost to history. His second marriage was to a Mi'kmaq woman whose name we only know as Marie.
The family of Philippe and Marie lived among the Mi'kmaq found in the communities of La Heve and Cap Sable located on the Southern Shore of Nova Scotia.
One of their daughters, Francoise Mius, whose 1st. husband is unkownn, married Réné Grand Claude, the son of Grand Claude and Marie Medosset. He was the brother of Martin Grand Claude married to Margeurite Joseph [Lejeune], the granddaughter of Francois Joseph and Jeanne Lejeune.
Another daughter, Madeleine Mius married Jean-Baptiste Guédry, the grandson of Claude Petitpas and Catherine Bugaret. Jean Baptiste, along with his mother Marguerite Petitpas and the family of his uncle, Claude Petitpas married to Marie-Thérèse all lived in the Mi'kmaq village of La Heve. Jean-Baptiste woud be subjected to the same fate as Madeleine's two brothers and was hanged in Boston.
In 1749 or their about, their daughter, Marie Guédry now married to Germain Lejeune fled to Cape Breton to flee the onslaught of the British iron-fist reigning on the mainland. Marie and Germain would become one of the founding families of the Bras d'Or Indians.
Since the initial settlement of Marie Mius and Germain Lejeune in Indian Village in Little Bras d'Or, other lines coming down from the children of Philippe Mius and his two wives have become intertwined with the Bras d'Or Indians over the years. Other lines include Francoise Mius & Jacques Bonnevie and Joseph Mius & Marie Amireau.
The wonderful wooden carving on the right of the Indian Chief captures the strength, resolve and determination of the descendants of Philippe Mius and his two Mi'kmaq wives to reclaim their Mi'kmaq identity and cast off the red, white and blue dust which has so often obscured the true identify of this family as well as most of the other Mi'kmaq families which make up the ancestors of the Bras d'Or Indians.
Other Documents regarding Mius Family:
List of Mius families found in the late 1800 census records
Chief Mathew Mius - 1726 Ratification of 1725 Treaty
Mius Family in Maliseet-Mi'kmaq Records
Molly Muise - Descendant of Philippe Mius

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1881 CENSUS
This is a copy of the 1881 Census of Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia :
Muse, Annie, Age 22, Shanty, Education-?, Married, Pictou County Little Harbor
Muse, Annie, Age 6, Shanty, Pictou County Little Harbor
Muse, Bridget, Age 2, Shanty, Antigonish
Muse, Charles, Age 22, House, Education-?, No Occupation Listed, Married, Pictou County Hardwood Hill
Muse, Clemmet, Age 48, Shanty, Education-?, Cooper, Married, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Eliza, Age 3, House, Pictou County Hardwood Hill
Muse, Francis, Age 22, Shanty, Education-?, Hunter/Fisherman, Single, St. Peter's
Muse, Joe, Age 28, Shanty, Education-?, Cooper, Married, Antigonish
Muse, John, Age 28, Shanty, Education-?, Cooper, Married, Pictou County Little Harbor
Muse, Joseph, Age 2, Shanty, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Libby, Age 2, Shanty, Pictou County Little Harbor
Muse, Magdelin, Age 21, House, Education-?, Married, Pictou County Hardwood Hill
Muse, Margaret, Age 16, Shanty, Education-?, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Martha, Age 23, Shanty, Education-?, Married, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Mary, Age 2, Shanty, Pictou County Hardwood Hill
Muse, Mary, Age 19, Shanty, Education-?, Single, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Morris, Age 4 Months, Shanty, Antigonish
Muse, Nancy, Age 24, Shanty, Education-?, Married, Antigonish
Muse, Nancy, Age 80, Shanty, Education-?, Single, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Noel, Age 1, Shanty, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F..

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The youngest son, Philippe kept only Mius as his surname and is the ancestor of the Mius family, now spelled Muise or Meuse, which was the real patronymic or family name. 

He married two Micmac Indian wives, both of whom seem to have been given the name of Marie. 

He established himself at first on the eastern shore of what is now the Bay of Barrington.

 His oldest son Joseph is the father of the Acadien Mius family of today.

 All of his other children integrated into the Micmac tribe leaving Joseph to take residence in Pobomcoup. 

   Information from Le Musee Acadien, W. Pubnico, Nova Scotia and Father Clarence d’Entremont.
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THE  ACADIEN  MIUS  ( MUISE ) FAMILY
Pubnico is located in what was called, before the Expulsion, Cape Sable, which, even at the beginning, around 1614, had as its center what is now Port La Tour, called then Port Lomeron, David Lomerson having here a trading post, dealing with fur and fish. Charles de Biencourt, who was at the head of the small group of Frenchmen of what was then Acadia, comprising the south-western part of the peninsula, died around 1624. In 1631, Louis XIII named as Governor of Acadia, Charles de La Tour, who had been a faithful companion of Charles de Biencourt. It is then that the name of Port Lomerson was changed to Port La Tour. He was named Governor of Acadia again in 1651, while in France, from where he came back, bringing with him Philippe Mius d’Entremont, who was to be his Major. It is Philippe Mius d’Entremont who was to be the founder of Pubnico.
In 1653, Charles de La Tour gave to Philippe Mius d’Entremont the choice to settle wherever he would like. He chose what was then known to the Indians as Pobomcoup, meaning "a place where holes have been made through the ice to fish." Charles de La Tour built the place into a barony, the first ever constituted in Acadia, and the second in all of Canada. He gave to Philippe Mius d’Entremont the title of Baron. The center of the barony was located on the east side of the harbor, not far from its head.
It was in this same year, 1653, that Philippe Mius d’Entremont came to live here with his wife, Madeleine Helie and their daughter Marguerite, who was born in France and was to become the wife of Pierre Melanson, the founder of Grand-Pre. It is here that were born Philippe Mius d’Entremont’s three sons, Jacques, Abraham and Philippe, and Madeleine, the youngest of the family.
We know very little of Philippe’s life at the Barony until 1671. The census of that year lists his family names and livestock of 26 horned cattle, 29 sheep, 12 goats and 20 pigs on six acres of land under cultivation.
In 1675, a crew of Dutchmen landed and invaded Pubnico and took possession of Philippe’s riches. He left shortly thereafter. In 1670 after Acadia became under French domain once again, he was appointed the King’s Attorney General of Acadia, an office and title he was to hold until his retirement. In this position, he was to travel as an aide to the governor; and that is why he did not stay long at the Barony, and in 1678, we find him in Port Royal with his family.
In 1679 Philippe is found at Beaubassin (Amhurst) where Michel Le Neuf, Sieur de la Vallire resided. In 1684 Philippe was again at Port Royal, since Francis Perrot was named governor and chose Port Royal as his residence. In 1687, Philippe retired to Grand Pre where his daughter, Marie Marguerite and her husband, Pierre Melanson (brother to Charles) was living.. This couple were the founders of Grand Pre in 1680. It is here Philippe died in 1700. His wife had died about 1670.
It was his eldest son Jacques who built at the center of the barony the manor house, which stood till the time of the Expulsion. It is here that he brought up his family. The Barony of Pobomcoup was devastated and burned to the ground by the English in September of 1758. As to Abraham, although he had a large family, his children did not leave any descendants. Jacques’ descendants dropped the name Mius, to keep only as a surname the name of d’Entremont.
The youngest son, Philippe kept only Mius as his surname and is the ancestor of the Mius family, now spelled Muise or Meuse, which was the real patronymic or family name. He married two Micmac Indian wives, both of whom seem to have been given the name of Marie. He established himself at first on the eastern shore of what is now the Bay of Barrington. His oldest son Joseph is the father of the Acadien Mius family of today. All of his other children integrated into the Micmac tribe leaving Joseph to take residence in Pobomcoup. Information from Le Musee Acadien, W. Pubnico, Nova Scotia and Father Clarence d’Entremon


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                                                     THE  MIUS  FAMILY
There is no more prominent Mi'kmaq family from which the Bras d'Or Indian descend than the Mius family.
From the Signing of Treaties to the Hanging of two sons of Philippe Mius in Boston, both hanged as INDIANS, this Mi'kmaq family can be readily found in the records.
Philippe Mius was first married to a Mi'kmaq woman whose name is lost to history. His second marriage was to a Mi'kmaq woman whose name we only know as Marie.
The family of Philippe and Marie lived among the Mi'kmaq found in the communities of La Heve and Cap Sable located on the Southern Shore of Nova Scotia.
One of their daughters, Francoise Mius, whose 1st. husband is unkownn, married Réné Grand Claude, the son of Grand Claude and Marie Medosset. He was the brother of Martin Grand Claude married to Margeurite Joseph [Lejeune], the granddaughter of Francois Joseph and Jeanne Lejeune.
Another daughter, Madeleine Mius married Jean-Baptiste Guédry, the grandson of Claude Petitpas and Catherine Bugaret. Jean Baptiste, along with his mother Marguerite Petitpas and the family of his uncle, Claude Petitpas married to Marie-Thérèse all lived in the Mi'kmaq village of La Heve. Jean-Baptiste woud be subjected to the same fate as Madeleine's two brothers and was hanged in Boston.
In 1749 or their about, their daughter, Marie Guédry now married to Germain Lejeune fled to Cape Breton to flee the onslaught of the British iron-fist reigning on the mainland. Marie and Germain would become one of the founding families of the Bras d'Or Indians.
Since the initial settlement of Marie Mius and Germain Lejeune in Indian Village in Little Bras d'Or, other lines coming down from the children of Philippe Mius and his two wives have become intertwined with the Bras d'Or Indians over the years. Other lines include Francoise Mius & Jacques Bonnevie and Joseph Mius & Marie Amireau.
The wonderful wooden carving on the right of the Indian Chief captures the strength, resolve and determination of the descendants of Philippe Mius and his two Mi'kmaq wives to reclaim their Mi'kmaq identity and cast off the red, white and blue dust which has so often obscured the true identify of this family as well as most of the other Mi'kmaq families which make up the ancestors of the Bras d'Or Indians.
Other Documents regarding Mius Family:
List of Mius families found in the late 1800 census records
Chief Mathew Mius - 1726 Ratification of 1725 Treaty
Mius Family in Maliseet-Mi'kmaq Records
Molly Muise - Descendant of Philippe Miu's..

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Muse, Andrew, Age 20, Shanty, Illiterate, No Occupation Listed, Single, Pictou County Mac Lennan's Mountain
Muse, Francis, Age 13, Shanty, Education-?, Potlotek
Muse, Francis, Age 23, Shanty, Illiterate, Cooper, Married, Pictou County Mac Lennan's Mountain, originally from Cape BretonMuse, Joseph, Age 61, Shanty, Illiterate, Cooper, Widower, Potlotek
Muse, Mary, Age 2, Shanty, Potlotek
Muse, Mary, Age 25, Shanty, Illiterate, Married, Pictou County Mac Lennan's Mountain, originally from Cape Breton
"1881 Census of Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia"
Muse, Annie, Age 22, Shanty, Education-?, Married, Pictou County Little Harbour
Muse, Annie, Age 6, Shanty, Pictou County Little HarbourMuse, Bridget, Age 2, Shanty, Antigonish Muse, Charles, Age 22, House, Education-?, No Occupation Listed, Married, Pictou County Hardwood Hill
Muse, Clemmet, Age 48, Shanty, Education-?, Cooper, Married, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Eliza, Age 3, House, Pictou County Hardwood Hill
Muse, Francis, Age 22, Shanty, Education-?, Hunter/Fisherman, Single, St. Peter's
Muse, Joe, Age 28, Shanty, Education-?, Cooper, Married, Antigonish
Muse, John, Age 28, Shanty, Education-?, Cooper, Married, Pictou County Little Harbour
Muse, Joseph, Age 2, Shanty, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Libby, Age 2, Shanty, Pictou County Little Harbour
Muse, Magdelin, Age 21, House, Education-?, Married, Pictou County Hardwood Hill
Muse, Margaret, Age 16, Shanty, Education-?, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Martha, Age 23, Shanty, Education-?, Married, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Mary, Age 2, Shanty, Pictou County Hardwood Hill
Muse, Mary, Age 19, Shanty, Education-?, Single, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Morris, Age 4 Months, Shanty, Antigonish
Muse, Nancy, Age 24, Shanty, Education-?, Married, Antigonish
Muse, Nancy, Age 80, Shanty, Education-?, Single, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F
Muse, Noel, Age 1, Shanty, Town of Guysborough Subdistrict F



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