In the 1752 "La Roque" census his family is on Ile Royale (present-day Cape Breton) in Riviere aux Habitants.[2] Guillaume is listed as the 46-year old builder and owner of a saw-mill, native of la Cadie and married to Joseph Benoist, aged 50 years. Their land was covered with trees capable of Producing fine building lumber. He was, however, unable to work his farm because of serious flooding every spring. He later moved to the region of Arichat, Richmond County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.[3]
They have the following children:
Pierre, aged 22 years;
Michel, aged 20 years;
Boniface, aged 15 years;
Simon, aged 13 years;
Judict, aged 15 years;
Genevieve, aged 9 years;
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes; Stephen A. White; Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999, pp. 108 & 695
↑ Report of the Canadian Archives for 1905, Volume II, Appendix A, Part I, "Journal and Census of Ile Royale, prepared by Sieur de la Roque, under the direction of M. le Comte de Raymond, in the year 1752", with plan and index, p.35.
↑ Source: #S33 Meggs Family History site Owner: Stacey_Meggs
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WikiTree profile Benoit-173 created through the import of FILLISJEAN.GED on Dec 12, 2011 by Vincent Courtney.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Guillaume by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
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Benoit-1040 and Benoit-173 appear to represent the same person because: Same name
Same dit name
Same birth year, same place
Same parents
Same spouse
NO conflicting information
There is another merge needed also Benoit-173 is lowest ID
Same dit name Same birth year, same place Same parents Same spouse NO conflicting information There is another merge needed also Benoit-173 is lowest ID
Pierre Benoit http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Benoit-142 and Elisabeth Lejuge http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/LeJuge-1 see http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogyBenoit_Guillaume&pid586534&lng=en