West Coast Region ~ Bay St. George District

Surnames

Benoit

Source:  Microfilm # N31067 (National Archive)
A series of articles published in the L'Evangeline (Newspaper), 
Monton, N.B.

"Les Acadiennes de Terre-Neuve"   
by Thomas W. Leblanc published : 11 March 1948 

Benoit
 
Les premiers Benoit vinrent a la Baie-St-Georges vers 1850. Ils etaient quatre, 
Luc, Georges, Paul et Isaac, et venaient d"Arichat, Cap-Brton. Les trois priemiers 
avaient marie trois soeurs: Elizabeth, Victoire et Seraphie LeBlanc de Margaree. 
Isaac resta pendant quelque temps a la Baie-St-George puis il alla s'etablir a la 
Grand-Riviere: le nom de son epouse nous est uonnu. Ses descendants demeurent encore 
a la Grand-Riviere et parlent l'anglais et l'ecossais. Les descendants de Paul sont 
a la Baie-d'Espoir et parlent l'anglais. Les descendants de Luc et Georges, dont un 
grand nombre se trouvent a la Baie-St-Georges parlerent courammnet le francais jusqu'a 
la troisieme generation, puis plusieurs d'entre eux epouserent des personnes de langue 
anglaise, de sorte que leurs enfants n'apprirent pas le francais.
 
(Translation by Leo Doucet)
 
The first Benoit came to Bay St. George about 1850. Luc, George, Paul and Isaac all 
came from Arichat, Cape Breton. The first three had married three sisters: Elisabeth, 
Victoire and Séraphie LeBlanc from Margaree. Isaac remained for some time in Bay St. 
George and then went to establish himself at Grand-Rivière. The name of his wife is 
unknown for us. His descendants can still be found in Grand-Rivière, speaking English 
and Scottish. The descendants of Paul can be  found in Bay-d’Espoir speaking English. 
The descendants of Luc and George are of great number in Bay St. George, usually 
speaking French until the third generation and then several of them married English 
persons so that their children did not learn French.

 
The Article was written by Thomas Leblanc of  St. George's 
in 1948 and published in the l'Evangeline Newspaper of New Brunswick. 
It was transcribed by Laverne (Perrier) Cormier 
and posted to the Internet in September 1998 by Stephen Baker