surname derived from the given name Antoine. Patronyms were the oldest and most common form of
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Antoine is derived from the Latin name Antonius, and was very popular in the Middle Ages thanks to the popularity of St. Antony of Thebes and St. Anthony of Padua. St. Antony of Thebes (251-356) is credited with the founding of monasticism. St. Anthony of Padua lived from 1195 to 1231.
since ancient times.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Antoine, aged 25; settled in Grenada in 1774; Albe Antoine settled in Louisiana in 1721; Jean Antoine, son of François and Françoise Catherine, of St Jean, married Marie-Joseph Nolet in Montré.