The Swiss Settlement of Vevay, Indiana: The settlers, their relatives, their associates
Samuel PERDONNET (ID #I4397)
(male)
- BAPTISM: 02 NOV 1714, Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
- DEATH: 06 FEB 1769, Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
- BURIAL: 08 FEB 1769, Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
Father: Jean PERDONNET (dates unknown)
Mother: Marie Madelaine MARGUERON (bp. 1 DEC 1678)
Family 1
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Pauline Elizabeth RICHARD-JANIN (b. abt 1714, d. 12 APR 1766)
- MARRIAGE: 03 APR 1737, Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
- Jeanne PERDONNET (b. 16 JUL 1737)
- Marie Dorothée PERDONNET (bp. 02 JUL 1739)
- Jean Jaques François Alexandre PERDONNET (bp. 24 JUL 1740, d. 23 JAN 1769)
- Jeanne Susanne Esther PERDONNET (bp. 07 DEC 1742)
- Jaques François PERDONNET (b. 28 SEP 1744, d. 14 FEB 1750)
- Isabelle PERDONNET (bp. 09 APR 1747)
- +Françoise Eve PERDONNET (bp. 18 MAR 1748, d. 21 SEP 1812)
- Pauline PERDONNET (bp. 21 MAR 1749)
- Susanne Dorothée PERDONNET (bp. 30 MAR 1750)
- Anne Antonia PERDONNET (bp. 30 MAR 1750)
- Anne Françoise PERDONNET (bp. 08 JAN 1753)
- Antoinette PERDONNET (bp. 28 AUG 1756)
The marriage record says, "Samuel fils de Jean Perdonnet hote de La Clef et des 6 vingt de cette ville", and "Poline Elizabeth fille de Paule Richard maitre menuisier de ce lieu".
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_Jean PERDONNET ____________|
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|--Samuel PERDONNET
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| _Isaac MARGUERON ____+
| | (1617 - 1674) m 1641
| _Jaques MARGUERON ___|
| | (.... - 1708) m 1666|
| | |_Jaquemaz DUTOIT ____+
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|_Marie Madelaine MARGUERON _|
m 1705 |
| _Michel BUTTIN ______
| | (.... - 1665) m 1639
|_Esther BUTTIN ______|
(.... - 1704) m 1666|
|_Jeanne ROUGE _______+
(.... - 1673) m 1639
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David Emanuel PERNET 
(ID #I2486)
(male)
- BIRTH: 02 MAR 1797, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
- BAPTISM: 10 MAR 1797, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
- DEATH: 27 APR 1858, Bethlehem, Clark Co., Indiana
Father: David Samuel PERNET (b. 14 MAY 1763)
Mother: Susanne Marie PERNET (b. 13 FEB 1763)
Family 1
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Julie THIÉBAUD (b. 19 NOV 1803)
- MARRIAGE: 22 AUG 1825, Switzerland Co., Indiana
The Pernet family, along with Jean Emanuel Mottier, was on the ship Thetis, arriving at New York 05 jul 1821:
John David Samuel Pernet 31 teacher Switzerland;
Maria Catherine Berrier 40 teacher Switzerland;
David Emanuel Pernet 9 Switzerland;
John Emanuel Pernet 7 Switzerland;
Henriette Pauline Pernet 2 Switzerland (name was originally Mottier, then replaced by "ditto");
John Emanuel Mottier (Mottie) 19 dometic (=domestic) Switzerland (He is believed to be the one born in 1801 who married Marie Justine Siebenthal in 1827);
David Samuel Pernet 58 labourer Switzerland;
Susanne Maria Pernet 58 labourer Switzerland;
David Emanuel Pernet 23 teacher Switzerland;
John David Pernet 16 labourer Switzerland;
Suzane Marie Pernet 32 labourer Switzerland.
The name Berrier is the maiden name of the wife of Jean David Samuel Pernet: Berruëx. Another group of Pernets had arrived by 1818, the family of Jean Pernet, uncle of David Emanuel.
The birth date found at Ormont-Dessus matches the date shown on his tombstone at Bethlehem, Indiana.
He is on the 1830 census in Switzerland Co., Indiana (Emanuel Pernet), with a daughter under the age of 5, plus his wife and a male in his 70's. In 1840, he is still in Switzerland Co, Vevay Township, with two more children but without the elderly male. The additional male was too old to be David Samuel Pernet, who would have been 67 in 1830, but it is worth remembering that ages on census records are frequently wrong.
_Jean PERNET ________+
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_Samuel PERNET __________|
| (.... - 1778) m 1757 |
| |_Marie GIROD ________+
| m 1724
_David Samuel PERNET __|
| (1763 - ....) m 1788 |
| | _Moyse NICOLIER _____+
| | | (.... - 1766) m 1731
| |_Susanne Marie NICOLIER _|
| (.... - 1799) m 1757 |
| |_Marie PERROD _______+
| (.... - 1766) m 1731
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|--David Emanuel PERNET
| (1797 - 1858)
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| _Jean Emanuel PERNET ____|
| | m 1756 |
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|_Susanne Marie PERNET _|
(1763 - ....) m 1788 |
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|_Susanne NICOLIER _______|
m 1756 |
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David Emanuel PERNET (ID #I2826)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: tailor
- BIRTH: 13 APR 1812, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
- BAPTISM: 03 MAY 1812, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
Father: Jean David Samuel PERNET (b. 01 DEC 1790)
Mother: Marie Catherine BERRUEX (b. 21 DEC 1779)
Family 1
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Madeleine Victoire HOUEL (dates unknown)
- MARRIAGE: 01 DEC 1836, Paris (2me Arr.), France
Even though he definitely reached the United States, we find him in Paris, working as a tailor, at the time of his marriage in 1836. The record in the archives of the protestant church of Paris gives the names of both of his parents, so there is no doubt about his identity. The place of origin for the bride is not clearly legible, but it appears to be Pleinseurre in Calvados, a name we have not been able to identify. We did not find him among the catechumens in the parish of Ormont-Dessus, where two of his siblings were confirmed after 1830. He might have been confirmed in a church at Vevay, Indiana before the family returned to Europe.
A passport application dated 06 jul 1855 at Louisville, Kentucky concerns "John Pernet and his wife Elizabeth". This John Pernet was age 48, thus born about 1807. If the age is correct, this might indicate that there were even more Pernet immigrants in the area.
_Samuel PERNET __________+
| (.... - 1778) m 1757
_David Samuel PERNET ____|
| (1763 - ....) m 1788 |
| |_Susanne Marie NICOLIER _+
| (.... - 1799) m 1757
_Jean David Samuel PERNET _|
| (1790 - ....) m 1811 |
| | _Jean Emanuel PERNET ____
| | | m 1756
| |_Susanne Marie PERNET ___|
| (1763 - ....) m 1788 |
| |_Susanne NICOLIER _______
| m 1756
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|--David Emanuel PERNET
| (1812 - ....)
| _Jean Emanuel BERRUEX ___+
| | m 1751
| _Emanuel Josias BERRUEX _|
| | (1759 - ....) m 1779 |
| | |_Marie Catherine PERNET _+
| | m 1751
|_Marie Catherine BERRUEX __|
(1779 - ....) m 1811 |
| _Moyse BUSSET ___________+
| | m 1756
|_Susanne Marie BUSSET ___|
(1760 - ....) m 1779 |
|_Susanne Marie NICOLIER _+
(.... - 1800) m 1756
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David Samuel PERNET (ID #I2798)
(male)
- BIRTH: 14 MAY 1763, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
- BAPTISM: 31 MAY 1763, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
Father: Samuel PERNET (bp. 30 SEP 1729, d. 24 JUN 1778)
Mother: Susanne Marie NICOLIER (bp. 21 JUN 1733, d. 04 JUL 1799)
Family 1
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Susanne Marie PERNET (b. 13 FEB 1763)
- MARRIAGE: 31 OCT 1788, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
- Susanne Marie PERNET (b. 26 DEC 1788)
- +Jean David Samuel PERNET (b. 01 DEC 1790)
- David Emanuel PERNET (b. 02 MAR 1797, d. 27 APR 1858)
- Jean David PERNET (b. 27 JUN 1805)
_Jean PERNET ________
| (.... - 1724) m 1687
_Jean PERNET ________|
| m 1724 |
| |_Marie MARMIER ______
| m 1687
_Samuel PERNET __________|
| (.... - 1778) m 1757 |
| | _David GIROD ________
| | | m 1699
| |_Marie GIROD ________|
| m 1724 |
| |_Susanne GIROD ______
| m 1699
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|--David Samuel PERNET
| (1763 - ....)
| _Louis NICOLIER _____+
| | m 1689
| _Moyse NICOLIER _____|
| | (.... - 1766) m 1731|
| | |_Esther BALLIF ______+
| | m 1689
|_Susanne Marie NICOLIER _|
(.... - 1799) m 1757 |
| _Abraham PERROD _____
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|_Marie PERROD _______|
(.... - 1766) m 1731|
|_Marie ALLAMAN ______
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Jean PERNET (ID #I4043)
(male)
- BAPTISM: 13 MAY 1692, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
Father: Jean PERNET (d. bef 1724)
Mother: Marie MARMIER (dates unknown)
There is a notation next to his baptismal record, beginning "obitt septim...", the rest unfortunately not legible. He probably died in infancy, since a brother of the same name was baptised in 1697. In this period we almost never find more than one living child with the same name in a single family, though this practice is frequently encountered in the previous century.
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_Jean PERNET ________|
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|_Marie MARMIER ______|
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Jean PERNET (ID #I2821)
(male)
- BAPTISM: 25 JUN 1697, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
Father: Jean PERNET (d. bef 1724)
Mother: Marie MARMIER (dates unknown)
Family 1
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Marie GIROD (bp. 27 AUG 1700)
- MARRIAGE: 07 JAN 1724, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
- Jean David PERNET (bp. 11 AUG 1724)
- Jean David PERNET (bp. 24 FEB 1726)
- Susanne Marie PERNET (bp. 23 NOV 1727)
- +Samuel PERNET (bp. 30 SEP 1729, d. 24 JUN 1778)
- David PERNET (bp. 14 AUG 1731)
- Magdelaine PERNET (bp. 20 MAR 1733)
- Emanuel PERNET (bp. 31 DEC 1734)
- Abraham PERNET (bp. 22 MAR 1737)
- Josias PERNET (bp. 24 FEB 1739)
- Magdelaine PERNET (bp. 25 APR 1741)
- Magdelaine PERNET (bp. 17 MAY 1743)
- Josias PERNET (bp. 21 JUL 1747)
He is sometimes described as "de La Pierrière", likely the place of residence of his father, but also as "de La Sciaz", apparently the place of residence of his wife's family. By 1747, he is also described as Régent, meaning that he was the local schoolmaster.
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_Jean PERNET ________|
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|_Marie MARMIER ______|
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Jean PERNET (ID #I4016)
(male)
Family 1
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Marie MARMIER (dates unknown)
- MARRIAGE: 28 JAN 1687, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
- Marie PERNET (bp. 09 SEP 1688)
- Moyse PERNET (bp. 12 SEP 1693)
- Jean PERNET (bp. 13 MAY 1692)
- +Jean PERNET (bp. 25 JUN 1697)
- Magdelaine PERNET (bp. 28 NOV 1700)
- David PERNET (bp. 05 DEC 1704, d. 24 JAN 1705)
- David PERNET (bp. 16 FEB 1706)
- Pierre PERNET (bp. 30 DEC 1707)
Of La Pierrière, according to the marriage record of his son Jean in 1724. There were several men of the same name baptising children toward the end of the 17th Century. The only one who seems to fit the description is the Jean Pernet "de La Perrière" who married Marie Mermier. This Jean, however, is also called "de Vers Chez Mossie". There is also possible confusion due to the existence of two couples with similar names. A marriage record of 27 oct 1685 is for Jean Pernet and "Marie Sarra Mermier" (the word Marie is written clearly above the name Sarra), while a marriage record of 28 jan 1687 is for Jean Pernet and Marie Mermier. That these were two separate couples is proved by the baptism of Jean, son of Jean Pernet de la Wargnat and Sarra Mermier, 27 oct 1687, well after the marriage of the other Jean Pernet to Marie Mermier. The existence of the other couple with similar names might be the reason that the present Jean Pernet is also called "le jeune".
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Jean PERNET (ID #I2811)
(male)
- BAPTISM: 11 JUL 1758, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
Father: Samuel PERNET (bp. 30 SEP 1729, d. 24 JUN 1778)
Mother: Susanne Marie NICOLIER (bp. 21 JUN 1733, d. 04 JUL 1799)
Family 1
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Susanne Louise GAUDIER (dates unknown)
- MARRIAGE: 27 JAN 1793, Villeneuve, Vaud, Switzerland?
- +Susanne Julie Eleanor PERNET (b. 11 DEC 1796, d. aft 1860)
- +Susanne Sophie PERNET (b. 10 MAY 1801)
- Susanne Cecile Félicité PERNET (b. 25 AUG 1805)
- Susanne Marie PERNET (b. 05 SEP 1809)
Marriage information from banns at Ormont-Dessus. He was schoolmaster at Villeneuve from at least 1790. Baptisms of at least some of his children were also recorded at Ormont-Dessus. Church records for Villeneuve have not yet been examined.
Marriage records for two of his daughters — Julie and Sophie — place him in Switzerland Co. by 1818. On the 1820 census, as John Pernet, his family includes a wife under the age of 45, a son under the age of 10, two daughters between the ages of 10 and 16, and a daughter between the ages of 16 and 26. Since by that date the eldest of his known daughters were already married, there are at least two children in this family who remain unidentified.
_Jean PERNET ________
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_Jean PERNET ________|
| m 1724 |
| |_Marie MARMIER ______
| m 1687
_Samuel PERNET __________|
| (.... - 1778) m 1757 |
| | _David GIROD ________
| | | m 1699
| |_Marie GIROD ________|
| m 1724 |
| |_Susanne GIROD ______
| m 1699
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|--Jean PERNET
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| _Louis NICOLIER _____+
| | m 1689
| _Moyse NICOLIER _____|
| | (.... - 1766) m 1731|
| | |_Esther BALLIF ______+
| | m 1689
|_Susanne Marie NICOLIER _|
(.... - 1799) m 1757 |
| _Abraham PERROD _____
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|_Marie PERROD _______|
(.... - 1766) m 1731|
|_Marie ALLAMAN ______
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Jean David PERNET (ID #I2802)
(male)
- BIRTH: 27 JUN 1805, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
- BAPTISM: 12 JUL 1805, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
Father: David Samuel PERNET (b. 14 MAY 1763)
Mother: Susanne Marie PERNET (b. 13 FEB 1763)
Catachumen at Ormont-Dessus 29 oct 1820.
A John D. Pernet, carpenter, Swiss, was living in Covington, Kentucky circa 1839-1840, according to Shaffer's Advertising Directory, covering the Cincinnati area. However, other records call him Johann Dietrich Pernet, which would suggest that he was not one of the Pernets who came from the Ormonts.
_Jean PERNET ________+
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_Samuel PERNET __________|
| (.... - 1778) m 1757 |
| |_Marie GIROD ________+
| m 1724
_David Samuel PERNET __|
| (1763 - ....) m 1788 |
| | _Moyse NICOLIER _____+
| | | (.... - 1766) m 1731
| |_Susanne Marie NICOLIER _|
| (.... - 1799) m 1757 |
| |_Marie PERROD _______+
| (.... - 1766) m 1731
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|--Jean David PERNET
| (1805 - ....)
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| _Jean Emanuel PERNET ____|
| | m 1756 |
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|_Susanne Marie PERNET _|
(1763 - ....) m 1788 |
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|_Susanne NICOLIER _______|
m 1756 |
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Jean David Samuel PERNET (ID #I2801)
(male)
- BIRTH: 01 DEC 1790, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
- BAPTISM: 26 DEC 1790, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
Father: David Samuel PERNET (b. 14 MAY 1763)
Mother: Susanne Marie PERNET (b. 13 FEB 1763)
Family 1
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Marie Catherine BERRUEX (b. 21 DEC 1779)
- MARRIAGE: 25 JAN 1811, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
- David Emanuel PERNET (b. 13 APR 1812)
- Jean Emanuel PERNET (b. 21 JUN 1813)
- Marie Henriette PERNET (b. 04 MAR 1815, d. 30 SEP 1818)
- Victor Emanuel PERNET (b. 21 NOV 1817, d. 03 FEB 1818)
- Henriette Pauline PERNET (b. 15 FEB 1819)
- Marie Louise PERNET (b. 09 JUL 1821)
He may have returned to Europe about 1830 with his entire family.
_Jean PERNET ________+
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_Samuel PERNET __________|
| (.... - 1778) m 1757 |
| |_Marie GIROD ________+
| m 1724
_David Samuel PERNET __|
| (1763 - ....) m 1788 |
| | _Moyse NICOLIER _____+
| | | (.... - 1766) m 1731
| |_Susanne Marie NICOLIER _|
| (.... - 1799) m 1757 |
| |_Marie PERROD _______+
| (.... - 1766) m 1731
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|--Jean David Samuel PERNET
| (1790 - ....)
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| _Jean Emanuel PERNET ____|
| | m 1756 |
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|_Susanne Marie PERNET _|
(1763 - ....) m 1788 |
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|_Susanne NICOLIER _______|
m 1756 |
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