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Georges and Perrine (Legault) Têtu

Georges Têtu:

Born July 20 1663

Lived in Yvignac, 22, Côtes d'Armor, France

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Perrine Legault:

Born February 9 1663

Lived in Trédia, 22, Côtes d'Armor, France

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Georges Têtu married Perrine Legault and had six children together:

  1. Julian, born 1695

  2. Michelle, born1697

  3. Servanne, born 1699

  4. Grégoire, born January 13, 1701 and died on October 10, 1746

  5. Perrine, born 1705

  6. Georges, born 1707

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A Name We Can Be Proud Of!

 

Variations: TÊTU, LE TESTU, LETESTU

(all of these variations have been used in archives of about our pioneer ancestor Félix)

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Têtu Name Meaning - 

French (Tétu): nickname from tétu ‘stubborn’, a derivative of tête ‘head’ (Old French teste).

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Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

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Origin & history

From Old French testu, from teste ("head") + -u.

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

têtu (masc.) (fem. têtue, masc. pl. têtus, fem. pl. têtues)

  1. stubborn

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"têtu" – WordSense Online Dictionary (3rd May, 2022) URL: https://www.wordsense.eu/têtu/

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Synonyms

  1. Heavy hammer of steely iron , one head of which is square and the other pointed , and which is used to roughen irregular stones .

  2. Common name for sculpin , big - headed fish , of the genus Cottus .

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https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/t%C3%AAtu

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