When Marie Marguerite Blais was born on 30 October 1738, in Pointe-Claire, Montreal, Canada, New France, her father, Louis Blais, was 41 and her mother, Marguerite Cadieux, was 32. She married Joseph Rouleau on 12 October 1761, in Pierrefonds, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 23 December 1798, in Saint-Eustache, Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 60, and was buried in Saint-Eustache, Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada.
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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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