When Andre Poirier was born on 20 May 1851, in Saint-Césaire, Rouville, Quebec, Canada, his father, Gregoire Poirier, was 42 and his mother, Marie Anne Foisy, was 40. He married Domethilde Gemme on 25 June 1872, in Ange-Gardien, Rouville, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1900 and Red Deer, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1911. He died on 7 September 1921, in Chauvin, MD of Wainwright No. 61, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Chauvin, MD of Wainwright No. 61, Alberta, Canada.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Marcel, Andre, Normand, Pierre, Emile, Laurent, Cecile, Jacques, Michel, Raoul, Gilles.
French: topographic name for someone who lived by a pear tree, poirier (from Old French perier), or a habitational name from (Le) Poirier, the name of several places in various parts of France. Compare Peryea and Poirrier .
History: Jean Poirier from France married Jeanne Chebrat in France or Acadia c. 1647. Jean Poirier dit Lajeunesse from Molières in Lot, France, married Marie Langlois in Montreal, QC, in 1668. Joseph Poirier dit Desloges from Lathus-Saint-Rémy in Vienne, France, married Marie Gauthier in Montreal, QC, in 1709. Nicolas Poirier from Les Brouzils in Vendée, France, married Anne Rabouin in Montreal, QC, in 1689. Pierre Poirier dit Lafleur from France married Marie-Clémence Maupetit in Lachine, QC, in 1707.
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