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in reply to a message by Elizabeth
my mother said that my ancestors many have settled in Canada earlier than the late 1700's but I'm not positive.
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Interesting to note that neither of my sources for French surnames (Albert Dauzat "Dictionnaire...", www.jtosti.com/noms)notices this surname, though both notice the far more common Blanchet. It appears to be rare in France. See here -
http://www.geopatronyme.com/cgi-bin/carte/nomcarte.cgi?nom=Blanchette&submit=Valider&client=cdip
Not all that common in French Canada either, according to the Institute of Statistics of Quebec, which lists it at no. 4000 in a list of the 5000 commonest surnames in that province. But a websearch suggests that there is genalogical information about Canadian bearers of this surname in print, though in French.
http://www.geopatronyme.com/cgi-bin/carte/nomcarte.cgi?nom=Blanchette&submit=Valider&client=cdip
Not all that common in French Canada either, according to the Institute of Statistics of Quebec, which lists it at no. 4000 in a list of the 5000 commonest surnames in that province. But a websearch suggests that there is genalogical information about Canadian bearers of this surname in print, though in French.
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