Guillaume Racine

Brief Life History of Guillaume

When Guillaume Racine was born on 15 October 1804, in Saint-Michel, Hertford, Lower Canada, British North America, his father, Paul Noël Racine, was 39 and his mother, Marie Angélique Rouillard, was 34. He married Elisabeth Royer on 7 February 1843, in Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Lower Canada, British North America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Lower Canada, British North America for about 20 years.

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Family Time Line

Guillaume Racine
1804–
Elisabeth Royer
1817–
Marriage: 7 February 1843
Marie Elisabeth Racine
1849–
Joseph Racine
1858–
Philadelphe Racine
1859–1933

Sources (5)

  • Guillaume Racine, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Guillaume Racine - Church record: birth-name: Guillaume Racine
  • Baptême

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Emile, Jacques, Andre, Normand, Camille, Fernand, Gaston, Napoleon, Pierre, Yvon, Alphonse.

French:

from racine ‘root’, used as a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of root vegetables, or a nickname for a tenacious and stubborn man.

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

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