The French surname that sounds like Gonyea/Gonyay, etc is Gagné not Gagnon . Gagnon sounds more like Gonyo Bill Brady At 09:16 AM 10/21/2008 -0400, "Krislyn T. Lequin" <klequin@admin.umass.edu> wrote: >Good morning. I think I have an additional spelling on this name for >you. Is the name you are looking for pronounced "Gonyay"? Meaning sounds >like... > >Jean Houymet/Wuillmet married Renee Gagnon (pronounced Gonyay) on October >3, 1660 in Chateau-Richer New France. > >Their son was Pierre Ouimet (name spellings do fluctuate!) who married >Marie Brault on January 4, 1716 in St. Joachim New France. > >The Ouimets are listed on the Abenaki Rolls in Swanton VT. The dates >above are almost as far back as I can go. The other names that figure >prominently are L'Esperance, St. Denis, Choinere, Thibeault, Favreau. I >have been searching for many years to "prove" Abenaki ancestry and have >never found documentation even though my cousins are on the tribal >rolls. Our people came from the Isle of Orleans, Arthabaska, Henryville, >all in Quebec...from as far back as the 1600's. Then down to Swanton VT >in the early 1800's where they reside to this day and where the Abenaki >Tribal headquarters is located. Let me know if any of these names or >locations are familiar to you. > >Please let me know if this helps! > >Thanks - Krislyn Ouimet Lequin >Krislyn T. Lequin >Clerk IV >University of Massachusetts Amherst >Phone: (413) 545-9580 >Fax: (413) 545-6894 >Email: klequin@admin.umass.edu > >Krislyn T. Lequin >Clerk IV >University of Massachusetts Amherst >Phone: (413) 545-9580 >Fax: (413) 545-6894 >Email: klequin@admin.umass.edu > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "H. Lyn Miles" <lyn_miles@bellsouth.net> >To: <CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:55 AM >Subject: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Lansing and Gaunya/Gonier/Gonyea/Gonya Search > > > > I'm seeking information about families from Canada: Joseph Lansing and > Joseph Gonier/Gaunya/Gonyea/Gonya and their descendants in Canada, New > York and Vermont: ....................................