When Tell Albert Chatelain was born on 11 October 1861, in Les Ponts-de-Martel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, his father, Ulysses Henri Chatelain, was 31 and his mother, Henrietta Huguenin Vuillemin, was 30. He married Marie Helene Stahly on 4 December 1884, in McLean, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Earl Township, Frontier, Nebraska, United States in 1910 and Key West Township, Coffey, Kansas, United States for about 15 years. He died on 15 August 1945, in Waverly, Coffey, Kansas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Key West Cemetery, Lebo, Coffey, Kansas, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1878: Coffey, Kansas, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1883: Coffee, Kansas, United States
Some characteristic forenames: French Angelle, Camille, Cecile, Elzear, Fernand, Gilles, Jean Claude, Jean Robert, Jean-Luc, Marcel, Thierry.
French (Châtelain): from châtelain ‘lord (of the manor)’, Old French chastelain (from Latin castellanus, a derivative of castellum ‘castle’), applied either as a status name for the governor or constable of a castle or as an ironic nickname.
History: François Châtelain/Chastelain from Paris, France, married Marguerite Cardin in Trois-Rivi-ères, QC, in 1729.
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