11. Jean Pierre⁶ Prenat (Pierre François⁵, Jean Maurice⁴, Jacques³, Jean² Perrenat, Richard¹).

Born: 17 Fructidor An 2 de la Republique, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France.

The date given for Jean Pierre's birth uses the French Republican Calendar, which covered dates from October 24, 1793 until its official abandonment in 1805. This calendar begins counting time retroactively from September 22, 1792 as Year I (one in Roman numerals), the date when the French monarchy of Louis XVI was abolished and the French Republic of Napoleon was established. The calendar has 12 months, with 3 weeks of 10 days in each month, and an additional 5 or 6 days in the final month of the year to bring it into accord with the earth's solar cycle. However, this reckoning brings the date of Jean Pierre's birth into doubt. Indeed, I hope to resolve the issue of why there are purportedly two Jean Pierres in the same immediate family. (See below.) I suspect that these two people may be one and the same.

Spouse: Marie Généreuse Lardon; married 18 Feb 1819.

Jean Pierre Prenat (born 13 Dec 1792, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France).

Served with Napoleon I, 12e bat. du train d'equipages, du train d'artillerie de la garde. Receiver of the Sainte Helene's medal, created in 1857 by Napoleon III to reward the 390,000 soldiers still living who fought with Napoleon I during the 1792 - 1815 wars. ===============================================
nom: PRENAT
prenom: Jean Pierre
anne_de_naissance: 13.12.1793
lieu_de_naissance: Villers le sec 90
commune: Husseren
arrondissement: Saint Amarin
department: Haut-Rhin (68)
regiment: 12e bat. du. train d'equipages, du train d'artillerie de le garde
periode: 1813 a 1816
dossier: 137989
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Children of Jean Pierre Prenat and Marie Généreuse Lardon:

• Marie Jeanne Prenat (born 26 Feb 1819).
• Marie Généreuse Prenat (25 Jun 1821 - 21 Oct 1822, Delle, Belfort, France).

For a full list of the known descendants of Richard Perrenat, please contact Thomas Prenatt Newton by e-mail at newtgen@ziagold.net. Information from that list will be published on this Web site in piecemeal form as time allows.

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