Brief Life History of Jean
When Jean Pinet was born about 1681, in L'Acadie, Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada, his father, Philippe Pinet, was 29 and his mother, Catherine Hebert, was 21. He married Marie Morin on 3 February 1710, in Notre-Dame de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He died about 26 July 1744, in Quebec, Canada, at the age of 64, and was buried in Quebec, Canada.
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- Birth Jean Pinette
- MARRIAGE - Québec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 for Jean Pinet & Marie Morin
- Legacy NFS Source: Jean Pinet - Church record: birth: 1680; Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Celine, Ghislain, Gillis, Herve, Martial, Sylvain.
French: topographic name from a diminutive of Pin ‘pine’, or a habitational name from (Le) Pinet, the name of several places in various parts of France, of the same origin. Compare Pinel , Pinell , Pinette , and Spruce .
History: Philippe Pinet, born either at Port-Royal in Acadia (now Annapolis Royal in NS, Canada) or in France, married Catherine Hébert, probably at Port-Royal, c. 1678. His descendants in LA also bear altered forms of the surname, such as Pinel and Pinell. Pierre Pinet from Chalandrey in Manche, France, married Marguerite Michaud in Kamouraska, QC, in 1765.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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