When Marie Rose Letourneau was born on 21 April 1818, in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, her father, Jean Létourneau, was 31 and her mother, Sophie Arsenault, was 24. She married Hyacinthe Paradis on 19 November 1834, in Saint-Germain-de-Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 3 April 1848, in Rimouski, Rimouski-Neigette, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 29, and was buried in Rimouski, Rimouski-Neigette, Quebec, Canada.
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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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