Isn’t it a wonderful picture? I am still amazed that I have the chance to actually discover the face of someone born in 1821! But let me do proper introductions first. This is Hyacinthe Tourville. To help you understand how you may be related to him, Hyacinthe is the grandson of Michel Tourville and Catherine Marié as well as the nephew of Charles Tourville and Sophie Arpajou. He lived his whole life in Saint-François-de-Sales—he was even buried in the parish cemetery. Married twice, he lost his first wife after only four years of marriage.

Statistics

Letter H: near 3% for the Hubou-Tourvilles’ first names.

Ah! My favorite is Hélène of course! It was my mother’s first name. Besides Henri, Hyacinthe, Horace, Hervé and Hughette, the letter H was most popular in the States where the first names used were Henry, Howard, Harold, Harriet, Harry and Herbert.

Kind of Funny

Homer, which was chosen well before “The Simpsons”!

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