When my aunt gave me that picture, more than twenty years ago, I couldn’t believe that he was my great-great-grandfather Charles Tourville, born in Lachenaie, in 1840, as I knew he was a carpenter. I then thought he looked so much like a notary on that picture. A closer observation reveals he actually had the same physical features as his sister Elmire. When my uncle died about ten years ago, I inherited a lot of funeral cards, including Charles Tourville’s. Well, it was him indeed. Dear aunt, please accept my apologies for having doubted you!

Statistics

Letter C:  almost 8% for the Hubou-Tourvilles’ first names.

Do you know that 44% of first names for the letter C are actually Charles? Charlotte was also very popular for girls as was Catherine. In the States, Cora, Cordelia, Cornelia and Caroline are much used. For the men who hadn’t had the chance to be named Charles, they were named Camille, Claude and Carl.

Kind of Funny

It’s not Camille’s first name that is funny but his nickname. I am sure you don’t know Camille Tourville, but have you ever heard of Tarzan Tyler? He was a famous wrestler in the 1950s and 1960s in both Canada and the United States. To know more about him, click here.

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