ChallengeAZ 2016: J for John

Trowville John 1900 (1)Very recently, I found this picture of John Trowville. You may remember that I went to South Hero, Vermont, just a few weeks ago. Born about 1838 in the same town, he lived there most of his life, except for the years he was a private in the Civil War, having fought with the Vermont 13th Infantry Regiment, Company H. I do not have that many pictures of Civil War soldiers so I’m glad I got this one! John reminds me of a famous French actor that you may or may not know, Jean Rochefort.


Statistics

Letter J: More than 26% for the Hubou-Tourvilles’ first names.

Of course, with all those Joseph, Jean-Baptiste, John, Josephte, Julie and Josephine, it’s no big surprise that we have more than the quarter of the alphabet!


Kind of Funny

Another trend, very popular in the States, Spanish-inspired Juanita


challengeaz2016

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