Graziella Tourville was born in 1891, in Saint-François-de-Sales. She is the granddaughter of Hyacinthe Tourville and Marguerite Meunier. Her first name is really typical of the end of the 19th century’s trend when practically all female first names ended with the letter “A”, like Gratia, Rosa, Ida, Priscilla, Georgiana, Florida and so many others. How old do you think she is in this picture? Probably not more than twenty years old. As she got married at 22, I believe that this picture was taken well before that.

Statistics

Letter G: near 5% for the Hubou-Tourvilles’ first names.

Wow, so many George, Georgette and Georgiana! A few Geneviève, Germaine and Gertrude. More recently Gilbert, Gérard, Gérald, Gustave, Grace, Gratia and Graziella were quite common.

Kind of Funny

When I hear the first name Godfroid, I always think of a butler character in a movie.

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