While there has been a great deal of discussion speculating on supposed blood kinship between early Canadian pioneer Francois Savoie with French nobility, I had at one point commented on the fact that in the records the name appeared to be written, "Savoir" with an "R" rather than an "E". I linked the official records when I made my post awhile back.
These descendants of Francois Joseph Savoie were among the Acadians evicted from Nova Scotia, later settling in Louisiana, etc.
Today I happened to stumble across an old book, "Selections from the Public Documents of the Province of Nova Scotia" published in 1869 by the office of the commissioner of public records in Nova Scotia.
https://archive.org/details/selectionsfrompu00nova/page/n48/mode/1up
On image 49 we find a lengthy list of Acadians who were compelled to take an oath of fidelity to the king of England, George II. Among them are several Savoirs (no Savoies), listed below:
Germain Savoir
Germain Savoir Cobett
Paul Savoir
Jean Savoir
Charles Savoir
Other names which may be of interest to this family are:
Pierre Brou
Jean Breau
Ambroise Breau
Joseph Levron
Charles Pellerin
Bernarde Pellerin
Alexandre Pellerin
Jean-Baptist Pellerin
Francois Corporon
Pierre Prijean
Charles Prijean
Joseph Prijean
Jean Pryjean
Honore Pryjean
Germain Savoie
Germain Savoie, II
Jean Savoie
Paul B. Savoie
Charles Savoie
Pierre Breau
Jean Breau
Unknown Breau
Jean-Baptiste Pellerin
Bernard Pellerin
Alexandre Pellerin
Charles Pellerin
Jean Prejean
Jean-Baptiste Préjean
Joseph Christome Prejean
Charles Prejean dit LeBreton
Pierre Prejean
Honoré Prejean
Also Doucett and Boudreau, among others I may have missed.
I guess my main point is that "Savoie" just never shows up in the records from what I gather, only Savoir. Obviously the name was changed somewhere along the line. But when, and by whom?