When Jean Baptiste Vertefeuille was born on 1 September 1798, in Nicolet, Nicolet-Yamaska, Quebec, Canada, his father, Simon Langlois Vertefeuille, was 37 and his mother, Marie Marguerite Sarrazin, was 18. He married Josephte Rousseau on 6 November 1821, in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Bagot, Quebec, Canada in 1871.
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British Columbia joins the confederation.
Some characteristic forenames: French Emilien, Laurent.
French Canadian: soldier's name from French verte feuille ‘green leaf’. Compare Greenleaf .
History: In North America, this surname was originally a secondary surname or dit (‘also called’) name, borne by Nicolas Bachand dit Vertefeuille from France (see Bachand ). His descendants also bear an altered (translated) form of the dit name, Greenleaf.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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