, a former county, duchy and province centred on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France.
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Another 97 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1458, 1591, 1595, 1646, 1700, 1750, 1803, 1816, 1829, 1844, 1850, 1870, and 1875 are included under the topic Early Fournial History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Spelling variations of this family name include: Fornel, Fornelle, Fournal, Fournel, Fourneau, Fournet, Fourney, Fournex, Fournial, Fournil, Fournié, Fourneret, Fourneyron and many more.
Notable amongst the name was the Fournier family of wood sculptors from Troyes. Antoine worked on the church Saint-Jean from 1591-94. From another Fournier family, Georges Fournier was Chaplain in the Royal Marine around 1595; Henri-Alban (known as Alain) Fournier was an author, his most famous novel entitled "Le Grand Meaulnes."...
Another 137 words (10 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Fournial Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 1400 individuals of the lineage who arrived onto Canadian shores from France between 1600 and 1900. Among these, Guillaume Fournier married in 1651 in Quebec.