Louis Joseph Fournier

Brief Life History of Louis Joseph

When Louis Joseph Fournier was born on 22 February 1823, in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada, his father, Etienne Fournier, was 26 and his mother, Marguerite Boulet, was 31. He married Félicité Leblanc on 4 July 1848, in Saint-Charles-Borromée, Berthier, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Louis Joseph Fournier
1823–
Félicité Leblanc
1827–1888
Marriage: 4 July 1848
Marie-Hermine Fournier
1849–
Joseph Fournier
1863–1863
Marie Salomée Fournier
1851–
Rose Delima Fournier
1853–
Marie Fournier
1854–1858
Adelaide Fournier
1856–
Raymond Evariste Fournier
1860–
Fournier
1862–1862
Felix Fournier
1865–
Félicita Fournier
1866–
Joseph Eugene Fournier
1867–
Joseph-Jean or Johnny Fournier
1869–
Joseph Fournier
1871–1871
Felicite Albertine Fournier
1872–
Delina Fournier
1878–

Sources (3)

  • Joseph Fournier, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Louis Joseph Fournier - Government record: birth-name: Louis Joseph Fournier
  • Legacy NFS Source: Louis Joseph Fournier - Government record: death: 21 August 1827; Gravelines, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

World Events (1)

1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Armand, Normand, Pierre, Lucien, Emile, Fernand, Marcel, Aime, Donat, Jacques, Yves.

French and Walloon: occupational name for a baker, Old French fo(u)rnier (from Latin furnarius). This surname is also found in England, in part as a surname of Huguenot origin. Compare Forney , Fournet , and Fuller .

History: Probably the first American bearer of this surname was Guillaume Fournier from Orne in Normandy, who was in Quebec City, QC, by 1651, where he married Françoise Hébert.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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