ChallengeAZ 2016: A for Adolida

AdolidaOops, breaking my own rules! Adolida was my maternal grandmother, not a Tourville. Her first name was chosen by her illiterate mother, likely after an actress. I was told she hated it. Catholic sisters didn’t like it either as it was not a saint’s first name. “What kind of parents do you have? A name like Table or Chair wouldn’t have made any difference!” Well, she was not the only one named like this. I found four others in the 1921 Canadian Census (two of them were born the same year as my grandmother). Do you know any Adolidas?


Statistics

Letter A: 10% of all Hubou-Tourvilles’ first names.

Lots of classic in New France like Anne, Angélique, Archange, Amable, Athanase and Augustin. In the 19th century, we are seeing more and more girls named Adélaïde, Alphonsine, Aglaé, Adèle, Alice, Aurélie, Alexandrine and Anastasie. For the boys, Alexis, Alphonse, Amédée, Adolphe and Arthur are favorites. For the 19th century, Arthur, Armand, Albert and Alfred are countless. Fewer girls during the 1900s for the Hubou-Tourvilles, but Alice and Aline are very popular. In the States, Arthur and Albert are favorites.


Kind of Funny

What about Alferreta, who was born in Missouri in 1872?


challengeaz2016

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