Nicolas Drouin

Brief Life History of Nicolas

When Nicolas Drouin was born in March 1725, in Sainte-Famille, Montmorency No. 2, Quebec, Canada, his father, Nicolas Drouin, was 34 and his mother, Marie Genevieve Perrot, was 27. He married Marie Françoise Racine on 10 February 1753, in Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He died on 26 February 1785, in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Montmorency No. 1, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 59, and was buried in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Montmorency No. 1, Quebec, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Nicolas Drouin
1725–1785
Marie Françoise Racine
1735–1821
Marriage: 10 February 1753
Francoise Drouin
1754–1833
Marie Drouin
1759–
Francois Drouin
1761–
Catherine Drouin
1765–1795
Genevieve Drouin
1769–1849
Marie Angelique Drouin
1774–1777

Sources (8)

  • Nicolas Drouin, "Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955"
  • Nicolas Droin in entry for Francois Nicolas Droin, "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959"
  • Nicolas Drouin in entry for Marie Genevieve Drouin, "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959"

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Armand, Benoit, Jacques, Andre, Clermont, Emile, Gaston, Gilles, Ovide, Pierre, Serge.

French: from a pet form of the Old French personal name Droue, a variant of Dreue, which is from the ancient Germanic name Drogo, a short form of compound names based on the element drog, presumably meaning ‘battle’ (see also Drew ). Compare Derouen , Derouin , and Tron .

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

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