Brief Life History of Jaques
When Jaques Balmas was born on 6 October 1765, in San Germano, San Germano, Turin, Piedmont, Italy, his father, Michel Balmas, was 41 and his mother, Marie Bertalot, was 26. He married Marie Catherine Soulier on 9 January 1786, in San Germano Chisone, Turin, Piedmont, Italy. They were the parents of at least 7 daughters. He died on 6 October 1838, in his hometown, at the age of 73.
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- Piedmont project family group sheets; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZ5-L7DX-N?i=973&cat=327231
- Piedmont project family group sheets
- Piedmont project family group sheets
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1814
Napoleon abdicated his throne and Italy was broken up into small kingdoms.
1820
Small revolutions in the kingdoms. Venice, Rome and Tuscany declare themselves Republics.
Name Meaning
French: from the old personal name Dalmas, from Latin Dalmatius, the name of several early Christian saints, derived from Dalmatia, the name of a region in present-day Croatia, along the Adriatic sea.
Italian (Veneto): from the personal name Dalmasso, from Latin Dalmatius (see 1 above), or a patronymic from the personal name Maso .
Italian (Veneto): possibly also a topographic name from the regional word maso ‘farm’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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