When Catherine Quesnel was born on 14 January 1717, in Notre-Dame, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, her father, Jean Quesnel, was 35 and her mother, Marie Jeanne Aubuchon, was 26. She died on 11 February 1717, in her hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Notre-Dame, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Aime, Alcide, Yves, Aurel, Aurele, Euclide, Jacques, Josee, Marcel.
French: topographic name derived from Norman, Picard quesne ‘oak tree’, or a habitational name from (Le) Quesnel, the name of several places in the north of France, named from the same word. Compare Canell and Quesnell .
History: Olivier Quesnel from Bayeux in Calvados, France, married Catherine Prudhomme (Louis and Roberte Gadois) in Montreal, QC, in 1680.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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