I must confess Blanche is one of my favourite given names. And I adore this picture of Blanche Tourville Brown—Peter Ovide Tourville and Anna Schenot’s elder daughter—born in Nebraska in 1899, herein appearing with her two daughters, Nadine and Betty Jean, born in 1919 and 1922 respectively. The first time I saw it, I couldn’t help thinking of Martine, the series of children’s books illustrated by Marcel Marlier, first published by Belgian editor Casterman in 1954. This very touching picture was most probably taken at the end of the 1920s.

Statistics

Letter B: only 2% for the Hubou-Tourvilles’ first names.

Either in Quebec or in the States, Beatrice is the most popular. There are also a few Blanche and Barbara. Let’s not forget our Barbe (Beard in French) Hubou, born at the outset of the 17th century! Not many names starting with B for the men. Bernard, Bertram, Buil and Benjamin Franklin were the one chosen by their parents.

Kind Of Funny

Not enough names to choose a winner but I think that the name Barbe will never be used in the 21th century!

The 2016 ChallengeAZ is proposed by Sophie Boudarel of La Gazette des ancêtres