When Marie Zéphirine Cloutier was born on 21 March 1876, in L'Islet, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada, her father, Louis Achille Cloutier, was 35 and her mother, Marie Adèle Normand, was 35. She lived in L'Islet, Quebec, Canada in 1901.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Marcel, Michel, Normand, Jacques, Lucien, Armand, Fernand, Yvon, Cecile, Donat, Emile.
French: occupational name for a nailer, someone who made and sold nails, from an agent derivative of clou ‘nail’ (from Latin clavus). Compare Clouthier , Cluchey , Cluckey , Nailor , and Naylor .
History: This surname was first brought to North America by Zacharie Cloutier, a carpenter from Mortagne-au-Perche in Normandy, France, who immigrated to New France in 1634. He settled in Beauport, QC. His descendants also bear altered forms of the surname, such as Clouthier, Clu(t)chey, Clu(c)key, and Naylor.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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