Background
Migner was the son of Michel Migner by his marriage to Catherine Masson and was born in Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the Île de Ré, an island near Louisiana Rochelle, France.
Migner was the son of Michel Migner by his marriage to Catherine Masson and was born in Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the Île de Ré, an island near Louisiana Rochelle, France.
He is claimed as the principal ancestor of the Lagacé, Legacy, Lagasse, and LaGasa families, and of others He was a French soldier attached to the Berthier (L"Allier) regiment of the Carignan-Salières Regiment, a private army which was sent to Quebec, arriving on June 30, 1665, to protect settlers from marauding Iroquois. When the fighting ended in 1667, part of the regiment was allowed to remain in the New World and settled on land granted by King Louis XIV. Migner died in 04 FEB 1729 • Louisiana Pocatière, Quebec, Canada in Drouin Collection The name Lagacé is probably related to the French word "gâchette", meaning trigger or sharpshooter, in which case it was a military sobriquet.