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Jenai Early Origins

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The surname Jenai was first found in Languedoc, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Jenai 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.

Jenai Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Jenai research. Another 503 words (36 lines of text) covering the years 1359, 1450, 1462, 1503, 1563, 1608, 1614, 1620, and 1634 are included under the topic Early Jenai History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Jenai Early Notables (pre 1700)

Another 19 words (1 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Jenai Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

The Great Migration

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..

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Other References

Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial Général. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
D'Hozier Charles. Armorial Général de France. Paris: Dillon, 1875. Print.
Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
de la Porte, A. Tresor Heraldique. Paris: F. Casterman, 1864. Print.
Guérard, Albert Léon. France: a Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1959. Print.
De Ville, Winston. Gulf Coast Colonials, A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1999. Print.
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The Jenai Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Jenai Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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