Jean Baptiste Grenet

Brief Life History of Jean Baptiste

When Jean Baptiste Grenet was born on 7 May 1677, in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada, New France, his father, François Grenet, was 36 and his mother, Marie du Coudray, was 35. He married Marguerite Huard on 8 June 1705, in Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-De Lévy, Lévis, Desjardins, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 13 April 1715, in Notre-Dame de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 37, and was buried in Notre-Dame de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Jean Baptiste Grenet
1677–1715
Marguerite Huard
1682–1754
Marriage: 8 June 1705
Jean-Baptiste Grenet
1708–1775
Marie Louise Grenet
1709–1770
Etienne Grenet
1710–1710
Marguerite Grenet
1711–1783

Sources (3)

  • Death record Jean Gernet
  • Jean Baptiste Gernet Baptism - Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979
  • Jean-Baptiste Grenet in the Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection)

Name Meaning

(2010: NA)

German: derivative of Middle High German gern ‘to desire’, a component of various ancient Germanic personal names such as Gernhard. Alternatively, a variant of Gernot .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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