Marte Olsdatter Verket was born in 1729, in Holla, Bratsberg, Norway as the daughter of Ole Torgusen and Karen Rasmusdatter. She died about October 1800, in her hometown, at the age of 71, and was buried in Holla, Bratsberg, Norway.
Some characteristic forenames: French Emile, Yves, Antoine, Camille, Collette, Eusebe, Laurent, Maryse, Monique, Raoul, Solange.
French: from a diminutive of Old French verre ‘glass’, hence perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a glazier.
History: Michel Verret dit Laverdure from Saintes in Charente-Maritime, France, married Marie Galarneau in Charlesbourg, QC, in 1683. The Verret families of LA trace their foundation to one Michel-Joseph Verret who was born in Canada and was in LA by 1724.
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