While doing my genealogical research, I couldn’t help notice that among the characters who have fascinated me over the years, were several Étienne. The first that comes to mind is Étienne Tourville, also known as Peter Stephen, who lived in Vergennes, VT, and Chateaugay, NY (pictured above). Then my 4X great-grandfather who died at 95 years old! How could I forget Étienne Arpajou, a.k.a. Peter Parish, that I have sought after for so long? And Étienne Brunet, of Saint-Sorlin, my friend Guillaume‘s great-grand-uncle, who left France for America. He’s kind of my uncle too now!

Statistics

Letter E: 7% for the Hubou-Tourvilles’ first names.

I was surprised to see so many names starting with the letter E. All classics are there: Élizabeth, Élise, Éléonore, Ellen, Ella, Elmire, Emma, Eugénie, Eva, Évélina and Exilda. For the men, besides Étienne, we have Earl, Edmond, Édouard, Ernest and Eugène.

Kind of Funny

The funniest? The less attractive maybe? Exupère.

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