Brief Life History of Alphonse
When Alphonse Métras was born on 15 February 1843, in Saint-Rémi, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Quebec, Canada, his father, Pierre Metras, was 33 and his mother, Jeanne Boyer, was 26. He married Domithilde "Mathilde" Lavallée on 4 July 1864, in Lacolle, Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Hochelaga, Quebec, Canada in 1891 and Laprairie, Quebec, Canada in 1911. He was buried in Sainte-Cécile, Beauharnois-Salaberry, Quebec, Canada.
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- Alphonse Métras, "Canada Census, 1911"
- 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia about Alphonse Metras (age 8) in St Remi (place of birth) with parents, Pierre Metras and Jeanne Boyer, and 6 siblings
- Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 about Alphonse Matras - burial 3 February 1917 in Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada - spouse, Mathilde Lavalle
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
Name Meaning
Czech and Slovak (mainly Petráš, also Petraš, Petrás); Rusyn (from Slovakia; mainly Petraš); Serbian and Slovenian (Petraš); Croatian (also Petraš); Hungarian (Petrás): from a derivative of the personal name Czech Petr, Slovak Peter , Rusyn Petro, Serbian and Croatian Petar, Hungarian Péter. The Hungarian name may be of Slovak origin.
Americanized or Germanized form of Polish Pietras , and a very rare Polish variant of this surname.
Greek: occupational name for a quarryman, from petra ‘stone, rock’ + the occupational suffix -as.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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