When Marie Josephte Archambault was born on 19 May 1749, in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, her father, Louis Archambault, was 31 and her mother, Marie Charlotte Forget Dépaty, was 28. She married Julien Pierre Bousquet on 6 October 1766. They were the parents of at least 12 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 1 April 1819, in Saint-Hyacinthe, Les Maskoutains, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 69.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Jacques, Lucien, Normand, Marcel, Amie, Alcide, Andre, Berard, Damien, Emile, Fernand.
French: from an Old French personal name derived from ancient Germanic Ercanbald, composed of the elements ercan ‘precious, excellent’ + bald ‘bold, daring’. Compare Archambeau , Archambeault , Archambo , and Shambo .
History: The American Archambaults trace their origin to Jacques Archambault from Dompierre-sur-Mer in Charente-Maritime, France, an early settler in Montreal, QC, where he is recorded as a person who dug the first well on the Island of Montreal in 1658. His descendants also bear altered forms of the surname: Archambeau, Archambeault, Archambo, Chambo, and Shambo.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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