When Marie- Thérèse Lhortet was born in September 1778, in Cluses, Haute-Savoie, France, her father, Antoine Lhortet, was 46 and her mother, Marie Jaqueline Aimée Gathier, was 39. She died on 29 December 1784, in her hometown, at the age of 6.
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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.
form of Maria . When first introduced to England in the Middle Ages, it was Anglicized in pronunciation and respelled Mary . This French form was reintroduced into the English-speaking world as a separate name in the 19th century, and is still pronounced more or less in the French manner, although sometimes with the stress on the first syllable. It is now often used in combination with other names such as Ellie, Chloe, and Lisa.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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