When Joseph François Laporte was born on 8 June 1749, in Cluses, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France, his father, Michel Laporte, was 27 and his mother, Claudine Anselma Delevau, was 23.
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Pierre, Emile, Lucien, Cyprien, Flavien, Marcel, Rosaire, Sylvain, Adrien, Antoine, Armand.
French: topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town, a variant of Porte 1, with fused feminine definite article la; or a habitational name from Laporte or La Porte, names of several places in various parts of France. Compare Delaporte .
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