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Huyet dit Champagne

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Huyet dit Champagne

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 1:15PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Huyet, Huillet, Champagne, Poncelet, LaFortune, Fortier, Saume, Somme, LeNormand, Poirel
Does anyone have anything on this family from near Charleville France? My 6x great grandfather was Etienne Poncelet Huyet (or Huillet) dit Champagne b. abt 1696 in Sormonne, Ardennes, Champagne, France. He emigrated to New France then married in Montreal, Quebec 1718 to Barbe Fortier dit LaFortune. Etienne's dit name may be dit Huyet et Champagne OR Huyet dit Champagne -- I've found it in both forms. This couple had 7 children. Etienne was a master shoemaker and became a major of the militia in lower Canada before he died in 1776 in Montreal.

I have Etienne's father as Pierre Huillet/Huyet Champagne abt 1660-1713 of Cliron, Ardennes, Champagne, France and his paternal grandparents as Pierre Poncelet & Jacquette Varloteau.

Etienne's mother was Marguerite Somme/Saume LeNormand (could be a dit name) possibly born abt 1664 to parents Denis Somme/Saume & Anne Poirel.

Wondering if anyone has any insight into these lines, the confusing names and dit names. I would very much like to firmly establish just which original name this family came from in France. My descendents became Champagne just a few generations back but surely that was not the true name, rather the dit name for the region they came from. Seems Huyet (or Huillet) is likely the "real" name. But then there is also Poncelet, another monkey wrench in the works! Hoping someone will see this and share the lines withme so perhaps we can figure it all out.

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