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Early Origins of the Gueret family

The surname Gueret was first found in Maine.

Early History of the Gueret family

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Gueret Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gueret, Guerette, Guéret, Guérette and others.

Early Notables of the Gueret family

Notable amongst the family at this time was Jean Guéret, born in Laval in 1559, who entered the Company of Jesus at the novitiate of Verdun in 1580. He taught philosophy at the Clermont College in Paris for eight years. In 1599 he was named master of the novices and rector of Saint-Nicolas de Port, then in Nancy in 1602 he started the novitiate of the Province of Champagne. In 1617 he worked at the Nancy College as a spiritual father and in 1622 became its rector...
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Gueret Ranking

In France, the name Gueret is the 1,858th most popular surname with an estimated 3,304 people with that name. 1


Canada Gueret migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gueret Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
  • Jacques Gueret married in Beauport, Quebec in 1694
  • Jacques Gueret, son of René and Madeleine, who married Anne Tardif, daughter of Jacques and Barbe, in Beauport, Quebec on 19th April 1694 2
Gueret Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Jacques-Jean Gueret, son of Jacques and Anne, who married Marie-Thérèse Autin, daughter of François and Marie, in Quebec on 1st March 1726 2
  • Jean-Baptiste Gueret, son of Jacques and Anne, who married Madeleine De La Bourlière, daughter of Jean-Baptiste and Catherine-Françoise, in Kamouraska, Quebec on 4th May 1733 2
  • Jean-Baptiste Gueret married in Kamouraska, Quebec in 1733
  • Jacques Gueret, son of Jacques and Anne, who married Geneviève Levasseur, daughter of Pierre and Marie-Élisabeth, in Kamouraska, Quebec on 16th April 1733 2
  • Michel Gueret, son of Jacques and Anne, who married Rose Levasseur, daughter of Pierre and Marie-Élisabeth, in Kamouraska, Quebec on 7th November 1735 2
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Contemporary Notables of the name Gueret (post 1700) +

  • Willy Guéret (b. 1973), French professional footballer


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 1, Institut Drouin, 1958.


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