Guiel, Chagnon, Diel, Dyel, Yelle Genealogy

CONTENT

Surnames and topics found on these pages:

Acadia, Aubuchon, Anquetin, Arcouet, Belec, Berthiaume, Bonnard, Boyer, Breaute, Brunet, Brunette, Chagnon, Crepin, Dale, Diel, Dielle, Duparquet, Dyel, Esnambuc, Faucher, Flynn, Gale, Gaucher, Guertin, Guelle, Guiel, Guille, Hanquetin, Hebert, Hielle, Hyel, Lacoursiere, Lajeunesse, Lalonde, Leclerc, Lussier, Marie des Isles, Martinique, Picard, Pitre, Rivard, Yelle

INTRODUCTION

The Guiel name when referring to families of French - Canadian ancestry derived from Diel, pronounced Dee-el. Diel took on many variation throughout the years for various reasons. Illiteracy is probably responsible for most of the abberations, but French - Canadians also used dit names or aliases which gave members of the same family completely different names. For example, Rivards were "also known as" Lacoursiere as well as other dit names. Among the changes from Diel are Dielle, Dyel, Gale, Guiel, Guelle, Guille, Hielle, Hyel, Yelle, and more I'm sure. These are names of families directly descended from Charles Diel who came to Canada from Normandy, France in 1665; but, that is not to say that all families with those names descend from Charles or from a Diel.

That Charles Diel's parents were Philippe Diel and Marie Anquetin is generally accepted as fact, based on information from the marriage contract of Charles Diel and Marie Anne Picard dated 1676 which names Charles' parents as Philippe Diel, laboreur, of Ste. Colombe in Normandy and Marie Anquetin. However, Charles remarried in 1702 to Marie Francoise Lapointe; and, that marriage record states that Charles' parents were Philippe Diel and Marie Anctin of the parish of St-Rémy in the city of Dieppe in Normandie. There is no doubt that those two records pertain to the same Charles Diel and his parents. Anquetin, like Diel, also took on various spellings and pronunciations such as Hanquetin, Anctin, Anctil, Ancelin, Anselin, Antin, and probably more that I haven't found in the records from Ste. Colombe or St. Rémy.

Philippe and Marie are the farthest back ancestors of the above named families that we have been able to trace in an unbroken line. That is as far back as we can go with any degree of certainty. No birth, marriage, or death records can be found for Philippe or Marie. There are other websites that give locations and dates of birth and marriage for Philippe and Marie, but none of them provide documentary evidence to support what they say. We are particularly interested in determining the documented lineage of Philippe Diel and Marie Anquetin, but any history, folk lore, or family stories pertaining to them or any of the ancestors appearing here will be appreciated. Please E- mail Information or questions about these families.

We cannot say that Philippe was related to or descended from the noble Diels or Dyels of Normandy who descend from Robert Dyel who participated in the Second Crusade in 1147 and later became a Lord of Cailleville in Normandy. Robert Diel represents only a plausible origin of the Diel line in Normandy.

Charles Diel, the son of Philippe and Marie, arrived in Canada in 1665 with the Regiment de Carignan, Company Lafouille presumably as a soldier known as Lepetit Breton, a nom de guerre rather than a dit name. He would have been only thirteen if he was born in 1652. It was thought by some that he had a brother, Guillaume, who died shortly after arrival in Canada from an illness contracted aboard a transport ship of the regiment, but the evidence given to support that assumption has been disproven. It is assumed that Charles received land in Quebec as a result of his service with that regiment as was the case with approximately 400 of its soldiers. Charles did arrive with the regiment, but he apparently came as a supernumerary to provide labor necessary to the developing colony rather than as a soldier. Supernumeraries received land grants after the required period of servitude the same way soldiers did.

It is known that Charles owned land conceded to him by the Jesuit Fathers at the time of his marriage to Marie Anne Picard, daughter of Hugues Picard and Marie Antoinette Liercourt, in Montreal on 31 August 1676. It is from the record of that marriage that we learn who the parents of Charles Diel were, and it is from Charles that the Diel line began in Canada.

PURPOSE

Rather than simply amassing a collection of names and dates, the purpose of this website is to compile information about Diel ancestors that will show how the political, economic, and social forces of their time affected them, the reasons why they relocated, what they endured, what they accomplished and how they did it. I will try to include on my linked pages information that will foster a better understanding of the lives and times of previous generations in addition to the usual genealogical data. Hopefully, in time, we will be able to discover the parents of Philippe Diel and Marie Anquetin, the origin of Robert Dyel, and whether Philippe descends from him.

It is my hope that visitors to this site will contribute hand-me-down family stories, historical data, or links to other sites that will help accomplish this purpose. It would be interesting to know the occupations of the ancestors, their military service, and the events of their time in order to understand how they lived. If you can contribute any pertinent information, Please E-Mail Me!