Brief Life History of Donald Bruce
When Donald Bruce Martel was born on 16 October 1948, his father, Walter John Martel, was 31 and his mother, Eva Derksen, was 26. He died on 1 August 1994, at the age of 45, and was buried in Rhineland, Manitoba, Canada.
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Family Time Line
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- Donald Bruce Martel, "BillionGraves Index"
Parents and Siblings
1917–1986 Male
1922–1999 Female
Siblings (4)
1948–1994 Male
1951–2016 Male
1953–2016 Male
1956–2015 Male
World Events (1)
1982
Age 34
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Lucien, Andre, Armand, Normand, Marcel, Adrien, Aime, Benoit, Laurent, Yvan, Jacques, Michel.
French and English (Guernsey): nickname for a forceful person or perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a smith, from Old French martel ‘hammer’ (also recorded in late Middle English), from Late Latin martellus. The reference may be to the martel de fer, the iron hammer or mace of medieval warfare, as had been the case with Charles Martel, the grandfather of Charlemagne, who gained his byname from the force with which he struck down his enemies, the Saracens, in the battle of Tours (Poitiers) in 732.
English (Guernsey): from the Middle English and Old French personal name Martel, a pet form of Martin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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