When Charles Fortin was born on 31 March 1817, in Sainte-Marie, Beauce, Quebec, Canada, his father, Charles Fortin, was 38 and his mother, Marie Anne Pépin dit Lachance, was 31. He married Thérèse Nadeau on 29 October 1844, in Sainte-Marie, Beauce, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 12 March 1907, in Sainte-Germaine-du-Lac-Etchemin, Lac-Etchemin, Les Etchemins, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 89.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Andre, Armand, Lucien, Fernand, Laurent, Pierre, Jacques, Normand, Yvon, Adrien, Alain.
French: from a pet form of the personal name Fort 2, or a diminutive of the nickname Fort 1 ‘strong, brave’. Compare Footer , Fortune , and Furtaw .
English: variant of Fortune .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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