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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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.
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