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2011-09-07
Yves Vanier gives us another invaluable gift by taking the time to describe in detail the results of his fierce research from the past two years and his incredible discoveries made in Caen. In the document entitled La famille de Jacqueline Gaillard (French only, English version to come later) , Yves presents not only indisputable facts about the existence of our ancestors in France, but also dates, names and locations very important to our family history, which were unknown until today. In this document Yves skilfully interprets many records from the Honfleur parish and the family Notary Saunier archives, in addition to the record acte de règlement du 26 avril 1726, which unveils a surprising family story on what lead to the final record which settled the inheritances in France. Thanks again for this wonderful document and congratulations!

2011-09-06
At the end of July, Yves Vanier visits the departmental archives of Calvados in Caen, Normandy, France. He spent a week researching the archives of 1724 to 1726 of the Vanier family notary in d'Honfleur, the tabellion Gilles Saunier. He finally came upon a record acte de règlement du 26 avril 1726 (French only, English version to come later), signed by Jean le Vanier and Nicolas Dunepveu, which settles de inheritance of Guillaume Vanier, Pierre Vanier et Jacqueline Gaillard (record transcribed by the paleographer Guy Perron). The record also contains the mandate given to Jean Le Vanier by his mother, his sisters and brothers in law to settle the inheritances. A record extremely important for the family which answers a number of questions raised in the article published on this web site in 2008: Jean-Baptiste Vanier - l'héritage en France de 1728.

2011-09-05
Yves Vanier shares with us one of the most important genealogical discoveries in the history of our family: Our ancestor Guillaume Vanier had a sister Marguerite Vanier who lived in France!!! Yves even finds the children and grandchildren of Marguerite.

Another remarkable discovery: The mother our Guillaume, Jacqueline Gaillard widow of Pierre Vanier, gets remarried to a Nicolas Dunepveu. Jacqueline & Nicolas had 3 children (and many grandchilden), half brother and half sisters of Guillaume and his sister Marguerite!!!

Thank You Yves for your passion, tenacity and sharing these wonderful findings with us!

2011-08-27
Yves Vanier discovers that the famous French-Canadian singer Emma Albani, born Marie-Louise Lajeunesse, is a descendant of Isabelle Vanier. Consult the Family Celebreties section to read her biography.

What's New in 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010

This site is devoted to the genealogy and history of the Vaniers of North America from the 17th century to today. It is primarily dedicated to the large number of descendants of Guillaume Vanier, a native of Honfleur in Normandie, who arrived in Québec around 1665.

Some descendants became very famous; others less so but nevertheless left their imprint. This site was created to gather the scarce information from various historical documents, official and private, regarding the history of the Vanier family, and to let future generations trace their ancestors. Ever since the arrival of Guillaume Vanier, his descendants have spread out all over North America, and this site is trying to enumerate them all.

If you have any information, genealogies, documents, photos, images or old documents about the Vanier family and wish to enrich the facts on this web site, please write to me.

Finally, this site is dedicated to the great family genealogist: Mr. Noël Vanier (of Laval). His tenacious work for decardes on the Vanier Family inspired me to create this site and share our findings with the rest of the family.

Jean-Yves Vanier
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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GENEALOGY RESOURCES

Genealogical web site on the Vaniers' of North America

BMS2000 Genealogical Database

FamilySearch Labs

PRDH: The Research Program in Historical Demography

Ancestry.ca

Indices to Canadian Censuses

L'institut généalogique Drouin

Genealogial dictionnary of canadien families - Tanguay