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1. Our ancestors
the family hails from Switzerland and more precisely, from the region crossed by the river Venoge, hence the name which is often written de Venogiz or de la Venoge. The first mention of the name dates back to 1411 with Perrod and Jean Devenoge who were both town councillors. In the 15th century there was also Pierre, then in 1517 Humbert who worked as a clerk in Cossonay (Humbertus de Venopia, clericus and burgensis). Thereafter, the family appears to have settled in Dizy with Abraham Devenoge, town burgher and magistrate in Dizy then in Cossonay.
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La rivière Venoge
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ean-Jacques Devenoge, apothecary and burgher in Morges, who had one son, Jean-François, deacon, professor at the Academie de Lausanne then senior church minister in Lausanne. He died in 1686. His son, Pierre who was also a minister in Vufflens-le-Château, had a son, Pierre-Claude who was minister in Commungy-Coppet until 1788. |
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inally, Pierre-Claude's son Marc-Isaac, married his cousin, Marie-Françoise de Venoge. Their son, Henri-Marc de Venoge, was the founder of de Venoge Champagne House. |
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