Suzanne Constant

Brief Life History of Suzanne

When Suzanne Constant was born on 18 August 1570, in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, her father, Augustin Constant, was 29 and her mother, Elisabetta Pellissari, was 23. She married Jean Fossa on 12 November 1587, in Geneva, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died in 1610, in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, at the age of 40.

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Jean Fossa
Suzanne Constant
1570–1610
Marriage: 12 November 1587
Thomas Fossa
1594–

Sources (3)

  • Susanna Constat, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
  • Susanna Constandt, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
  • Susanna Constant in entry for Thomas Fossa, "Switzerland Baptisms, 1491-1940"

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French/Haitian Jacques, Anatole, Andre, Berard, Fernand, Gardy, Gesner, Jean Claude, Nazaire, Normand, Pierre, Thierry.

French and West Indian (mainly Haiti): from the French personal name Constant, which can be from Latin Constans, genitive Constantis, meaning ‘steadfast, faithful’ (from constans, present participle of the verb constare ‘stand fast, be consistent’), and also from Latin Constantius, a derivative of Constans, borne by a 2nd-century Christian martyr, bishop of Perugia. Compare Constantine .

American shortened form of French Constantineau .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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