When Jean Baptiste Fontenot was born on 6 March 1764, in Louisiana, New Spain, his father, Pierre dit Bellevue Fontenot, was 36 and his mother, Louise Doucet, was 28. He died before 1777, in his hometown.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Emile, Ulysse, Andrus, Alcide, Andre, Edouard, Lucien, Marise, Monique, Remy.
French: variant of Fonteneau (and, in North America, an altered form of this), a topographic name from a diminutive of Old French fontaine ‘spring, well’ (see Fontaine ), or a habitational name from any of several places mainly in the westcentral part of France so named. The surname Fontenot is very rare in France.
History: Jean-Louis Fonteneau/Fontenot from Montierneuf in Vienne, France, married Louise-Angélique Henry in Mobile, AL, in 1726.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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