Brief Life History of Marie
When Marie Gonnet was born on 27 February 1772, in Villar Pellice, Turin, Piedmont, Italy, her father, Etienne Gonnet, was 24 and her mother, Susanne Berton Caville, was 26. She married Jean Geymonat on 3 May 1796, in Villar Pellice, Turin, Piedmont, Italy. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 21 January 1850, in her hometown, at the age of 77.
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- Italy, Waldensian Evangelical Church Records, 1679-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-2SVN-T?cc=1861053&wc=M6LN-TTY%3A168060101%2C169465901%2C169465902%2C169521601
- Piedmont project Family Group Sheet for Jean Geymonat and Marie Gonnet.
- Italy, Waldensian Evangelical Church Records, 1679-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-2S9N-XN?cc=1861053&wc=M6LN-BWG%3A168060101%2C169465901%2C169465902%2C169466301
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World Events (3)
1814
Napoleon abdicated his throne and Italy was broken up into small kingdoms.
1820
Small revolutions in the kingdoms. Venice, Rome and Tuscany declare themselves Republics.
1849
Austria regains control of most of Italy.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Pierre, Adrien, Andre, Georges, Guillaume, Henri, Jean-Paul, Marie Carmel, Michel, Philippe, Thierry.
French: from the Latinized medieval personal name Bonitus, a derivative of Latin bonus ‘good’ (compare Bon ).
French: metonymic occupational name for a milliner, or a nickname for someone who wore distinctive headwear, from Old French bo(n)net ‘cap, bonnet’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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