Brief Life History of Paul
When Paul Fournier was born on 14 April 1791, his father, Joseph Fournier, was 34 and his mother, Marie-Geneviève Boulet Boulay, was 28. He married Jeanne-Françoise Blais on 19 November 1811, in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Hertford, Lower Canada, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 10 daughters. He died on 27 November 1862, in Sainte-Claire, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 71, and was buried in Sainte-Claire, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Pierre Paul Fournier - Church record: birth-name: Pierre Paul Fournier
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Spouse and Children
1791–1862 Male
1788–1874 Female
Children (13)
1812–1884 Female
1814–1888 Female
1816–1825 Female
1819–1820 Female
1820–1821 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1758–1829 Male
1762–1804 Female
Siblings (12)
1783–1854 Female
1784–1793 Female
1786–1812 Female
1788–1788 Male
1789–1857 Female
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Armand, Normand, Pierre, Lucien, Emile, Fernand, Marcel, Aime, Donat, Jacques, Yves.
French and Walloon: occupational name for a baker, Old French fo(u)rnier (from Latin furnarius). This surname is also found in England, in part as a surname of Huguenot origin. Compare Forney , Fournet , and Fuller .
History: Probably the first American bearer of this surname was Guillaume Fournier from Orne in Normandy, who was in Quebec City, QC, by 1651, where he married Françoise Hébert.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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