Loüis Letourneau

Brief Life History of Loüis

When Loüis Letourneau was born on 20 April 1700, in Saint-Laurent, Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada, New France, his father, Loüis Estourneau, was 31 and his mother, Anne Belouin, was 22. He married Agathe Guion on 22 April 1727, in Île d'Orléans, Montmorency No. 2, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 8 July 1778, in Sainte-Famille, L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 78, and was buried in Sainte-Famille, L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Loüis Letourneau
1700–1778
Marie Marthe Deblois
1712–1779
Marriage: 17 October 1735
Marie Charlotte Letourneau
1736–1816
Marie Josephe Letourneau
1738–1806
Pierre Amable Letourneau
1739–1741
Jean Francois Letourneau
1741–1769
Joseph Létourneau
1743–1821
Marie Rosalie Létourneau
1745–1823
Marie Godeleine Letournau
1747–1748
Marguerite Abondance Letourneau
1749–1793
Marie Helene Letourneau
1752–1771
Madeleine Letourneau
1754–

Sources (6)

  • pierre de Blois and Marie catherine Letournau Marriage, "Sainte-Famille-de-l'ile-d'Orleans Registres paroissiaux, 1666-1877"
  • Louis Letourneau, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99Q-SK3F?cc=1321742&wc=9RLF-BZQ%3A21449501%2C23635201%2C23635202

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Andre, Armand, Normand, Gilles, Pierre, Emile, Fernand, Laurent, Adrien, Alcide, Alphonse.

French (Létourneau): from étourneau, Old French estournel ‘starling’ (from Late Latin sturnellus, a diminutive of Latin sturnus), with fused definite article l', used as a nickname for a scatterbrain, an absent-minded person, and possibly also for a chattering, gregarious person or as a metonymic occupational name for a birdcatcher.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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