When JOSEPH GRANDBOIS was born on 27 November 1856, in Dunseith, Rolette, North Dakota, United States, his father, Michel Granbois, was 39 and his mother, Emilie Houle, was 25.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1882: Rolette, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Rolette, North Dakota, United States
North Dakota is the 39th state.
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Marcell, Yvon, Amedee, Laurent, Lucien.
French: topographic name from grand ‘large, big’ + bois ‘wood, copse’, or a habitational name from any of several places in France called Grandbois or (Le) Grand Bois ‘(the) big wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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