When François Létourneau was born on 5 October 1728, in Sainte-Famille, Montmorency No. 2, Quebec, Canada, his father, Jean Létourneau, was 41 and his mother, Marguerite Caron, was 40.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Andre, Armand, Normand, Gilles, Pierre, Emile, Fernand, Laurent, Adrien, Alcide, Alphonse.
French (Létourneau): from étourneau, Old French estournel ‘starling’ (from Late Latin sturnellus, a diminutive of Latin sturnus), with fused definite article l', used as a nickname for a scatterbrain, an absent-minded person, and possibly also for a chattering, gregarious person or as a metonymic occupational name for a birdcatcher.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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