Pierre GUENETTE dit GANET

(b. abt. 1652 , France d. 19 August 1741 , Beaumont, Canada, New France )

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Pierre GUENETTE dit GANET was born abt. 1652 in France

Pierre GUENETTE dit GANET was the child of ? and ?

Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1689.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Catherine VIEILLOT dite MARANDA 19 May 1675 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine VIEILLOT dite MARANDA was born 20 October 1642 in Rouen, France.

Pierre married (2) Elisabeth PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE 7 February 1689 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Elisabeth PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE was born 10 May 1671 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth died 8 January 1750 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Elisabeth was the child of Isaac-Etienne PAQUET (PASQUIER) dit LAVALLEE and Elisabeth MEUNIER.

Pierre GUENETTE dit GANET died 19 August 1741 in Beaumont, Canada, New France .

son of Jacques Ganet and Marie De Saint-Los

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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