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 1737 - 1823 (86 years)
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| Name |
Francois GIONET |
| Born |
1737 |
Coutances, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
88BBD2E1435A7B47BD6E1F80E1148F5F020E |
| Died |
3 Apr 1823 |
Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Person ID |
I1347 |
Chamberlain Family |
| Last Modified |
26 Jun 2021 |
| Family |
Marie LEVICAIRE, b. Abt 1740, Coutance, France , d. 15 Jul 1794, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 54 years) |
| _UID |
BE7579BE670FAB49BC56C28D2DE8EB477CC7 |
| Children |
| | 1. Jean GIONET, b. 27 Dec 1771, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada , d. 20 Mar 1851, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 79 years) |
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| Last Modified |
15 May 2022 |
| Family ID |
F565 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- "Francois Gionet, born circa 1737, arrived in Acadia between 1755 and 1760. The parish registers at Caraquet indicate that he was a native of Coutances, Normandy (France).
"Francois Gionet lived by himself on the island of Caraquet in July 1761.[2]
In 1762 Francois married Marie LeVicaire, who's mother was one half Mi'kmaq Indian. They lived near Isabelle (St. Jean) Creek at Lower (Bas) Caraquet. Here Francois Gionet and Marie Le Vicaire raised a large family of many children: four sons Pierre, Francois, Jean, and Charles and seven daughters - Genevieve, Marguerite, Anne-Marie, Madeleine, Marie, Felicite and Victoire.
Francois Gionet had fine handwriting, and thus he was likely an educated man. Few people in the region knew how to read or write. The parish registers give us an idea of the role in which Francois played. In the absence of the priest, who would come by once or twice a year, Francois had the authority to baptize. It is for this reason that he enjoyed a certain prestige and respect among the inhabitants of Caraquet."
In 1784 Francois walked from Caraquet to Halifax, to obtain a grant of 14,150 acres for the settlers of the area. The grant allowed the Jersey fishermen and the Acadians the right to own property for the first time.[3] See map for Caraquet after the land grant.
In about 1794 Francois Gionet married for the second time on the 24 of August 1795 to Marie Albert, the widow of Michel Parise. There were no children from this second marriage.
Francois Gionet died on the 3rd of April 1823 at the age of 86 years and was buried, according to the local custom, the next day, the 4th of April. Witnesses to his burial were his sons Jean and Francois. He now lies in the old cemetary of Caraquet in the second row. He is the patriarch of all the Gionets of North America."
[Source: Acadian Project, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gionet-3
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