When Marie Catherine Blais was born on 1 November 1747, in Montreal, Canada, New France, her father, Louis Blais, was 50 and her mother, Marguerite Cadieux, was 41. She married Jean-Baptiste Réaume on 25 January 1768, in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Pierrefonds, Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 28 January 1809, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 61.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Normand, Andre, Emile, Fernand, Lucien, Aime, Gilles, Julien, Michel, Yvon, Alphonse.
French: variant of Blaise . Compare Blair and Blay .
History: Pierre Blais from Hanc in Deux-Sèvres, France, married first Anne Perrault in Sainte-Famille, Île d'Orléans, QC, in 1669, and second Élisabeth Royer in Saint-Jean, Île d'Orléans, QC, in 1689. — In North America, this surname was originally also a secondary surname or dit (‘also called’) name, borne by Joseph Tousignant dit Blais, a descendant of Pierre Tousignant (see Tousignant ). He married Marie Charpentier in Baie-du-Febvre, QC, in 1835.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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