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The second area that I would very much like to see expanded and filled in, is with our current generation, beginnin
Grandparents Alfred and Georgiana Cloutier. As can be seen, I have included, where possible, many photographs an
information about their lives, including some of my memories about them and other Cloutier, Sirois, Champoux, Gre
family individuals.. Meanwhile, the information contained in this document now, represents our current knowledge o
history.

Early Origins of the Cloutier family
The history of the name Cloutier dates back to the days of the Medieval period in southern France. The surname
found in Normandy (French: Normandie). Later, the Cloutier name arrived in England resulting from the Norman
The first found Cloutier was a former Duchy of Normandy. That family held a seat in the seigneurie of Pas-de-Ca
village in the arrondisement of Saint-Omer. The same Cloutier individual was a respected member of Norman ar
centuries. Researchers found their name first referenced in around the 12th century.

The Cloutier name was also a name given to a person who made or sold nails, particularly those used for horse sh
Cloutier is known to also be derived from the French word clou. Clou also, in turn, derives from the Latin word clavu
nail.
There are many different spellings of French surnames. Variations in the Cloutier surname can be partially explaine
local dialects and by the influence of other languages during that took place in early development of the French lan
of these linguistic and cultural influences, the name Cloutier has been influenced and distinguished by the dialects
variations. The many spelling variations of the name include Cloutiere, Cloutier, le Cloutier, Clouterie, Cloutour, Cloutrie
Clouté, Clutier, Clutiere and many more. In North America, particularly in Canada, Zacharie Cloutier, who was born in
in Canada at Beauport, Quebec from Perche, France on 8th August 1634, along with his wife, Xaintes (née Dupont), w
on 18th July 1616, along with five of children. The five children were Zacharie, Jean, Charles, Anne, and Louise. Their s
also born in Mortagne between 1617 and 1632, died at the age of ten.

They eventually moved to Château-Richer and remained there until Zacharie’s death on 17th September 1677 at the
eldest son, Zacharie, married Madeleine Aymard at Saint-Barthélemy, Quebec on 4th April 1648. [2]

According to genealogy researchers, the name Cloutier dates back as far as 1354.

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