Brief Life History of Adelaide
When Adelaide Martin was born about 1782, in Petite Forêt, Nord, France, her father, Nicolas Martin, was 34 and her mother, Louise Valain, was 34. She married Charles Joseph Falses about 1799, in Petite Forêt, Nord, France. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 26 June 1834, at the age of 53.
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- Rosalie Mailliart, "France, Nord, Parish and Civil Registration, 1524-1893"
- Adelaide Martin in entry for Charles Joseph Fahe, "France, Nord, Parish and Civil Registration, 1524-1893"
- Marguerite Martin in entry for Pierre Joseph Falce, "France, Nord, Parish and Civil Registration, 1524-1893"
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1783 · Treaty of Paris is Signed
While Benjamin Franklin was the ambassador to France he negotiated with the French during the war to keep them on the American side. At the same time the Treaty of Paris was established.
1789
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
1799
Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul, then Emperor of the French (1804). Establishment of modern administrative institutions, codification of the law. European wars lead to abdication of the Emperor.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, Irish, French, Walloon, Breton, Dutch, Flemish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Italian (Veneto); Spanish (Martín): from a personal name derived from Latin Martinus, itself a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’. This was borne by a famous 4th-century Christian saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. In North America, the surname Martin has absorbed cognates and derivatives from other languages, e.g. Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Marcin , Albanian Martini , Polish surnames beginning with Marcin-, and Slovenian patronymics like Martinčič (see Martincic ). Martin is the most frequent surname in France and one of the most frequent surnames in Wallonia.
English: variant of Marton .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mártain, ‘descendant of Martin’ (compare 1 above). Otherwise, a shortened form of Gilmartin or McMartin ; sometimes also spelled Martyn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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