Tyler Benoit
Honor Code SignatorySigned 8 Jun 2021 | 11,743 contributions | 801 thank-yous | 935 connections
Signed 8 Jun 2021 | 11,743 contributions | 801 thank-yous | 935 connections
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I am interested in communicating 
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anyone who shares the same ancestors.
Here is my family tree.
Looking forward to connecting with cousins - known and new - and to promoting and documenting research.
with
anyone who shares the same ancestors.
Here is my family tree.
Looking forward to connecting with cousins - known and new - and to promoting and documenting research.
Tyler D. Benoit
Ancestors 
Son of
[private father (unknown - unknown)]
and [private mother (unknown - unknown)]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
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| Created 29 Oct 2012
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Biography
Tyler is the grandson of Joseph Aimé Benoit from Saint-Louis-de-Bonsecours, Québec, and Marie Clérinda Lamothe, from Saint-Robert, Québec.
The ancestors of Aimé (who was the son of Aimé Benoît and Malvina Grenon) and Clérinda (the daughter of Joseph Charles Lamothe and Marie Gratia Renaud Locas) include founding families of Québec, Trois-Rivières and Montréal - and their ancestors in France, which is where Tyler now lives.
Among families of Nouvelle-France from which they are multiply descended are the following:
- Allard
- Bérard
- Blanchard
- Boucher
- Dandonneau
- Duval
- Hayot
- Jobin
- Lavallée
- Mandeville
- Marguerie
- Mousseau
- Pelletier
- Richaume
- Romain
- Roy
- Sauviot
Of the Benoît / Benoist family, this branch and related ancestors were founders and settlers of Acadia before the 1755 exile by the English, known as Le Grand Dérangement.
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| Surviving Damnation Acadians sent into exile from Nova Scotia, 1755 |
Tyler is descended from and researching a number of pioneering Acadian families including:
- Benoît
- Bourgeois
- Brun
- Comeau
- Doucet
- Gaudet
- Girouard
- Hébert
- Savoie
- Vincent
Tyler's grandmother Clérinda Lamothe also has some ancestors from Acadia, and not only French settlers. One of her ancestors is an Amerindian boy adopted by one of Aimé's ancestors.
Inspiration
Tyler's grandfather Aimé Benoit was and still is the inspiration for his research. Aimé was very interested in his Canadian ancestry - but his father Aimé Benoit (sr.) had died before his son Aimé had even married, and the younger Aimé never knew his grandfather Marcel Benoit. The 'not knowing' made the interest even greater.
So Aimé was happy when this particular grandson (one of many) decided to 'return' to Canada - moving to Montréal as a teen and attending McGill University. And on a first visit back to the States, his French still quite rough, Tyler was asked to take up the family research trail when he returned to Québec.
That trail has continued over the years since - especially after a century-old error was revealed and Marcel Benoit's birth record was finally found - which opened the path to an ongoing search into the Famille Benoit - including their Acadian origins.
Aimé would be both pleased and interested to learn more - as is his grandson.
Sources
- Family information entered by Tyler
- Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. White, Stephen A. avec Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999. Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada.
- Surviving Damnation - Acadians sent into exile from Nova Scotia in 1755. Benoit, R.W. 2005. BookSurge, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Tyler's formal name
- full middle name (D.)
- e-mail address
- birth location
- images (3)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:
- Brenda (Justice) Chabot
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test, haplogroup H, FTDNA kit #MK67068
Acadian heritage connections: Tyler is 18 degrees from Beyoncé Knowles, 16 degrees from Jean Béliveau, 15 degrees from Madonna Ciccone, 16 degrees from Rhéal Cormier, 16 degrees from Joseph Drouin, 17 degrees from Jack Kerouac, 17 degrees from Anne Murray, 18 degrees from Matt LeBlanc, 15 degrees from Roméo LeBlanc, 14 degrees from Azilda Marchand, 16 degrees from Marie Travers and 16 degrees from Clarence White on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
Many thanks!
[Origins of Acadians]
B
https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:French_Origins_of_Acadians&public=1
Hopefully the pictures might also induce a "research trip" to France. And in the meantime good to meet you virtually - I see we have some Hebert connections among others!
If I don't already know the French region (and often even when I do), I usually check the specific location via WIkipedia since most French towns and others now have a page - and in many cases officials are involved or at least have someone who might monitor - although often only the French-language page is well developed. So Google brings up both - and the more helpful is usually the "WIkipédia" version. They often provide historic information, including some of the churches we see reference to, and historic background with sources. (In fact I should probably consider adding some of these links as I go.)
Then, regarding the earlier "Provinces" of France, there's a site with a helpful map that shows both the pre-revolutionary provinces and the bounds of their subsequent Départements with major cities and towns: - Provinces of France: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_France - Map of provinces in 1789: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Vidal-Lablache_n°9_-_Provinces_en_1789.jpg
There's also another Wikipedia site with a more detailed map designed for the King's use from 1721 - but it's harder-to-use, more for verifying once the region is identified: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Carte_de_France_dressée_pour_l%27usage_du_Roy_Delisle_Guillaume_1721.JPEG
In that regard, the situation is more complicated in France than in the States because after the French Revolution, there was often an intention to purposely break up, reapportion and rename the regions in a way that would reduce the connections to the pre-existing feudal and monarchical system (i.e. the "Ancien Régime'). So historic provinces were often divided up and portions purposely re-assigned into different departments.
This was only partially successful, however, since even 230+ years later the original regions often still have meaning. And of course they're the only French regions of relevance to any of our Acadian ancestors - who would be quite unfamiliar with the notion of a "département" - much less a country not subject to some King or Queen.
Maybe we could work on some info and references to these for the Acadians Project site - and in the meantime I'm starting through the group of immigrants from this perspective, so more people could see it.
Btw - I'm also an editor on Wikipedia - so we might be able to do more on that side as well!
So I now also have a list of folks that may need some special categorization along the lines of your prior suggestions. If I have follow-up questions on that, is this thread or the one below a good way to raise them..? It's great working together!
Sorry for the delay of response, but I added you to the trusted list of Marie Agnès Lafond's profile!
Sincerely!
"When 'dit' names are used alone on some baptismal registers - how best to handle family names within a single family?" https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1313658/names-baptismal-registers-handle-family-within-single-family
Cindy
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Acadians Then let me know where you'd like to start and I will add your badge! Thank you for your interest. We are related, but through Québec, not Acadie, though we both have many Acadian family names in our history. Best wishes, Cindy bourque Cooper, co-leader, Acadian Project
I've generally been very interested in immigrants and so would be happy to start with the first item on the Project's Help List regarding migrating ancestors.
I'm also interested in where the Acadians were later sent and eventually settled in connection with Le Grand Dérangement - so that might be something else to consider going forward.
I look forward to working together!
Your cousin, Tyler
edited by Tyler Benoit
Two important pages for general Acadian sourcing are these https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Acadians_Project_Reliable_Sourceshttps://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:Census_links_and_citations&public=1
I think you already have a subscription to PRDH and that is becoming more robust for Acadians, and really good for Acadian refugees to Quebec. Are you aware of the recently created PRDH source template? It's a nice shortcut and allows our sources to remain intact when they change URL's (which they did recently). Just fill in the xx with the appropriate ID. PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Famille: xx PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Individu: xx PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Acte: xx
Any questions, please ask me or my partner, Gisele Cormier. We are happy to help! Best wishes, Cindy
Your name came up in my morning WIKITree EMAIL because you edited the profile for Clarisse Boucher. I am related to many, many Bouchers through my mother, and to many Acadians as well though my paternal grandmother. Like you, I am always happy to communicate with others who are related to my ancestors. Thanks for offering to do so.
The problem though is that without knowing your last name, or being able to access your tree, other WIKITreers have no way to even guess as to whether we might be related, and so you are not likely to have people to communicate with.
I would encourage you to edit your profile setting so that others can have more information and be able to contact you.
My tree is available here if you would like to take a look.
All good wishes.... All good wishes.....
Thanks for your message and I'm happy to help with updating historic profiles - for Clarisse Boucher and others. In addition to Québecois and their French ancestors, these include many Acadians as well - since my part of the Benoit family and other ancestors lived in Acadia before the 1755 'exile' by the English.
I've also adjusted my privacy settings although folks more recent than my grandparents are still living and therefore not public.
I look forward to connecting and in the meantime sending good wishes in return! Tyler
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