Ginet History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Ginet family

Early History of the Ginet family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ginet research. Another 252 words (18 lines of text) covering the years 1359, 1450, 1462, 1503, 1514, 1518, 1539, 1543, 1563, 1608, 1614, 1620, 1634, 1639 and 1719 are included under the topic Early Ginet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ginet Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Genest, Genet, Ginest, Ginet, Dugenest, Dugenet, Geneste, Genestre, Genestrier, Genetier, Geneton, Genestay, Genetay, Gineste, Genestat, Geneston, Genestou, Ginesty and many more.

Early Notables of the Ginet family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was Charles-Claude Genest (1639-1719), a French clergyman, poet and playwright from Paris.Eleazar Genet, also called Carpentras, after the French town in which he was born, was priest, singer, and composer, attached to the papal court in the time of Leo X. He was made a bishop in 1518, and was soon afterwards sent by the Pope on a mission to Avignon, where he seems to have spent the rest of his life. He once revisited Rome, and during his stay there his 'Lamentations' for Holy Week were performed by his former colleagues. Struck...
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Ginet Ranking

In France, the name Ginet is the 6,274^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Ginet family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: P. Genest who settled in North Carolina in 1709; Lewis Jennes who settled in Philadelphia in 1840; J.H. Jenness who settled in San Francisco in 1852..