When Marie Genevieve Gosselin was born on 29 October 1775, in Montmorency No. 1, Quebec, Canada, her father, François Gosselin, was 36 and her mother, Marie-Cécile Roy, was 27. She married Francois Boutin on 7 November 1803, in Saint-Vallier, Hertford, Lower Canada, British North America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 14 April 1851, in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Gaston, Armand, Lucien, Benoit, Marcel, Normand, Andre, Laurent, Adrien, Aime, Alphonse, Germain.
French: from the Old French personal name Goscelin, Gosselin, Joscelin, from ancient Germanic Goz(e)lin, a diminutive of a short form of compound names based on the element goz (from gaut, an ethnic name meaning ‘Geat’ or ‘Goth’; see Goss ). Compare Gorsline and Goslin .
History: François Gosselin from Longjumeau in Essonne, France, married Marie Babin in Lachenaie, QC, in 1748. Gabriel Gosselin from Combray in Calvados, France, married first Françoise Lelièvre in Quebec City, QC, in 1653, and second Louise Guillot in Sainte-Famille, Île d'Orléans, QC, in 1677. — This surname is listed along with its rare altered form Gorseline in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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