When Jean Baptiste Chaput was born on 22 March 1818, in Contrecoeur, Marguerite-D'Youville, Quebec, Canada, his father, Jean Baptiste Chaput, was 26 and his mother, Marie Louise Jacques, was 25. He married Anastasie Roi on 22 February 1848, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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British Columbia joins the confederation.
Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Andre, Fernand, Lucien, Adrien, Alcid, Alphonse, Gaetan, Germaine, Girard, Jacques, Jean Marc.
French:
variant of Chapu, a nickname for a habitual wearer of a distinctive cloak or hat, from a derivative of Old French chape ‘hooded cloak, cape, hood’, or ‘hat’ (from Late Latin capa).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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