When Joseph-Michel-Andre-Philippe Gravel was born on 3 May 1951, in Stratford, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada, his father, Joseph-Aime Gravel, was 35 and his mother, Fernande Sevigny, was 32. He died on 19 March 1985, in Hollywood, Broward, Florida, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Normand, Gaston, Jean Guy, Lucien, Pierre, Serge, Donat, Felicien, Fernand, Gilles, Michel.
English and Welsh (of Norman origin): probably a habitational name from La Gravelle in La Mayenne and Saint-Hilaire-la-Gravelle in Loir-et-Cher, France.
French: topographic name from a diminutive of Old French grave ‘gravel’ (see Grave ).
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