Tiercelet is a French commune located in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle in the Grand Est region . The Moulaine , a tributary of the Chiers , takes its source near Tiercelet.
Formerly the village of Barrois , belonging to the archbishopric of Trier , deanery of Luxembourg; Father de Villers-Bettnach appointed the cure.
The ravages of the Thirty Years War caused the abandonment of the old village (currently a place called Bourenne / Bourène) and the current regrouping around the 14th century castle, demolished in 1671 on the orders of Louis XIV .
In 1817, Tiercelet had Bourenne farm and Cussange mill as annexes. At that time, there were 273 inhabitants distributed in 48 houses.
My maternal 5th. great French grandfather, Clement Souvignier, son of Jeanne Phillipe Souvignier and Maria Regina Reine Ungeschickt.
Born: 6 Oct. 1742 in Tiercelet, Moselle, Lorraine, France
Married: 15 May 1770 in Niederkorn, Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg to Elizabeth Feyder.
Children: Elizabeth Souvignier (1782-1848)
Died: after 1782 in Luxembourg
Burial: after 1782 in Luxembourg
Souvignier Genealogy 