Paul Fournier

Brief Life History of Paul

When Paul Fournier was born on 14 April 1791, in Saint-Thomas-de-la-Pointe-à-la-Caille, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada, 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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Family Time Line

Paul Fournier
1791–1862
Jeanne Françoise Blais
1788–1874
Marriage: 19 November 1811
Marie Francoise Adelaide Fournier
1812–1884
Justine Fournier
1814–1888
Marguerite Fournier
1816–1825
Marie Cesarie Fournier
1819–1820
Paul Fournier
1820–1821
Marie Leocadie Olympe Fournier
1821–1905
Euphrosine Fournier
1823–1824
Marie- Appoline Fournier
1824–1825
Marie- Sophie Fournier
1824–1825
Louis Grégoire GEORGES Fournier
1826–1916
Marie Julie Fournier
1827–1912
Marie Restitue Fournier
1829–1904
Joseph Fournier
1832–1832

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  • Legacy NFS Source: Pierre Paul Fournier - Church record: birth-name: Pierre Paul Fournier
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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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