When Joseph Guertin was born on 5 October 1836, in Verchères, Marguerite-D'Youville, Quebec, Canada, his father, Joseph Guertin, was 37 and his mother, Marie Madeleine Zoé Boisselle, was 33.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Emile, Andre, Antoine, Lucien, Marcel, Normand, Pierre, Zoel, Adrien, Amie, Celestin.
French: variant (and, in North America, probably an altered form) of Guéretin, a very rare diminutive of Guéret (see Gueret ). Compare Yarter , Yattaw , Yetter , and Yetto .
History: The (majority of the) American bearers of the surname Guertin are descendants of Louis Guertin dit Le Sabotier from Anjou in France, who arrived in Montreal, QC, in 1653, and married Marie-Madeleine-Élisabeth (Le) Camus in 1659. His descendants also bear various Americanized forms of the original surname, including Yarter, Yatta(w), Yetter, and Yetto.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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