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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- 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
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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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