Valentine Yantha was born about 1870, in Sherwood, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. He married Anne Laginski before 1904, in Wilno, Madawaska Valley, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 1 December 1943, at the age of 74, and was buried in Wilno, Madawaska Valley, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.
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Altered form of French Matha: habitational name from a place in Charente-Maritime.
Indian (mainly southern states): Brahmin name found in Kon Seema region, from Sanskrit mantha ‘churner’. According to legend, churning the ‘ocean of milk’ is a way to obtain the elixir of immortality.
History: Many of the American bearers of the surname Mantha are descendants of Guillaume Imb(e)ault dit Matha from the Saintonge region of France, who married Louise-Marie Chorau in QC in 1703.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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