When Pierre Létourneau was born on 5 May 1717, in Sainte-Famille, Montmorency No. 2, Quebec, Canada, his father, Jean Létourneau, was 29 and his mother, Marguerite Caron, was 28. He married Félicité Simon dit Lapointe on 14 February 1746, in Chateau Richer, Montmorency No. 1, Quebec, Canada.
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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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