Germain Savoie - Savoir in NOVA SCOTIA

https://www.geni.com/discussions/186267?msg=1475771

https://www.geni.com/discussions/186267?page=1

interesting Debra, I suppose to always let it go, then the mistakes become certified history.

And thinks that I from the scan: https://www.geni.com/photo/view?album_type=photos_of_me&id=6000...

uploaded in 2022 by USER: Joel Scott Cognevich

tagged on François Savoie & Françoise Savoie & a dozen of relative Savoie..
so at first sight I would read: " Scavois " ^^'

Yes, Scavois is the 'old' or earlier form of Savoir and Savois.

In records clerks wrote names in many variations of spelling, particularly those with similar pronunciation such as Scavois, Savois, Savoir -- and even Savoie or Savoye.

So I always try to find at least one relevant document that has been clearly autographed by an educated member of the family who could read and write.

Another geni member, in the discussion linked above, referred us to the following document dated 1756 and autographed on p. 3 by one Jeann Andres SAVOIR. On the same document (p. 2), is someone whose first name I can't decipher easily, but whose surname appears to be Trayal.

"Francois Savoie" and wife, Catherine LeJeune, had a daughter, "Marie" who married Jacques Triel dit LaPerriere ; and they had at least one son, Pierre.

Not sure whether this Jeann Andres Savoir was directly related or where he may have fit into the tree (no sons of that name are shown here), however even within this very same document, the clerk repeatedly spelled the name with a more ancient form "Scavoier".

However I am always slightly more interested in how individuals sign their own names, with their own hand.

Nevertheless, information provided with this official land-related document, states, "This document directly concerns: André Scavoier (Savoir, Savoie, Savois), Acadian;"

So despite clerical 'misspellings' and this individual's direct documentation with their own signature, the government does indeed acknowledge "Savoie" as a variant of the family surname.

..."Savoie" just seems to be, based on early records I've seen, a much later variant spelling. One that doesn't affect the pronunciation at all.

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3414107?docre...