Brief Life History of Florida
When Florida Goupil was born on 10 August 1877, her father, Francois Xavier Goupille, was 29 and her mother, Marguerite Godin, was 29.
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1880 · Legislature in Fredericton Destoryed by Fire
On February 25, 1880, the legislature building in Frederiction was destroyed by fire. The builiding was completely made of wood meaning that there was nothing left of it. The chair that the speaker used and a marble top table were all that remained.
1901 · Hartland Covered Bridge
July 4, 1901, the Hartland covered bridge was finished. It spans across the Saint John River, making it the longest covered bridge. Until it was built, the only way across the river was by ferry.
1937 · Miramichi Strike
August 20, 1937, the Miramichi lumber strike took place. Over 1,500 millworkers and longshoremen struck 14 lumber firms for wage increases.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Normand, Andre, Dominique, Fernand, Julien, Leonce, Marcel.
French: nickname for someone with red hair or for a cunning person, from Old French goupil ‘fox’, Late Latin vulpiculus, a diminutive of classical Latin vulpes, a distant cognate of Wolf . This was replaced as a vocabulary word during the Middle Ages by renard, originally a personal name. Compare Reynard , the name borne by the fox in the popular beast tales. The name is also found in England in the medieval period, but seems to have become extinct, only to be reintroduced in the 16th century by Huguenot refugees from France.
History: René Goupil, born in Angers, France, on May 13, 1608, arrived as a Jesuit priest in Canada in 1640, and was killed by the Iroquois in what is now NY in 1642. He was canonized on June 29, 1930. Antoine Goupil dit Laviolette from Cornil in Corrèze, France, married Marie Gaboury in La Durantaye, QC, in 1698.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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