Brief Life History of Florentin
When Florentin Archambault was born on 10 July 1745, in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, his father, Pierre Archambault, was 36 and his mother, Marie Agathe Forget Depaty, was 34. He married Marie Josephe Bousquet on 11 August 1766, in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Marguerite-D'Youville, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 9 daughters. He died on 5 July 1822, in Saint-Antoine, Verchères, Lower Canada, British Colonial America, at the age of 76.
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- Baptême, Marie Suzanne Archambault, "Canada, Quebec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979"
- Baptême, Marie Isabelle Archambault, "Canada, Quebec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979"
- Baptême, Marie Josephe Archambault, "Canada, Quebec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979"
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Name Meaning
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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