NORMAND LAFRENIERE was born in 1958, in Gatineau, Ottawa, Canada East, British Colonial America. He died in 1978, in his hometown, at the age of 20.
Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Monique, Andre, Benoit, Gilles, Jacques, Laurette, Napoleon, Normand, Ovide, Pascal, Pierre.
French Canadian (Lafrenière): topographic name from a derivative, with fused feminine definite article la, of French frêne ‘ash tree’ (see Frenier ); or a habitational name from La Frenière or La Fresnière, names of several places in various parts of France. Compare Freeman 3 and Freniere .
History: This surname was originally a secondary surname or dit (‘also called’) name, borne by several 17th and 18th-century French Canadians.
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