Phaneuf


Phaneuf is a French-Canadian surname, gallicized from the English surname Farnworth. Most carriers of this surname descend from Matthias Farnworth, an English colonist from Groton, 2assw a2Massachusetts who was captured in 1704 by Abenaki Indians in a raid during Queen Anne's War, and brought to Montreal where he was converted to Catholicism. Notable people with the surname Phaneuf include: