My great grandfather, born in Alsace, was named Theophile Schwertzler. I have the birth record and have seen a number of variations of Theophile in American records. Could this be the basis of Toughfield? Curt Miller -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Mary Finley verizon" <marmfin@verizon.net> > I couldn't think of a correct Subject labeling. > > I just discovered TOUGHFIELD. > > Francois LOUZON b. 1829 Fr. Canada m. Caroline LENTZ b. 1832 Mozelle, France > named their son Francis TOUGHFIELD LOUZON b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1877. > > Is TOUGHFIELD a French forename or surname? Since this 4th child was Francis > rather than Francois could TOUGHFIELD also be an anglicized version of another > name? > > Perhaps I should be making this query elsewhere. If so, I hope someone can > direct me to the proper forum. > > Regards, > Mary McCanney Finley > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I think you've got it! Godfather to Francis Toughfield Louzon was Theophilus Gougon (I suspect Theophile Gougeon, but the church record reads Gougon and "us" is a Latin ending). Theophilus Gougeon was born in Quebec, Canada. Both Louzon and Gougeon list French as language spoken on US Federal Census. It doesn't explain the findings of TOUGHFIELD in my searching for the name. All of them lead to French Canada. Your explanation is the only one that makes sense. Regards, Mary McCanney Finley ----- Original Message ----- From: <curtw@comcast.net> To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [A-L] French forename or surname? > My great grandfather, born in Alsace, was named Theophile Schwertzler. I > have the birth record and have seen a number of variations of Theophile in > American records. Could this be the basis of Toughfield? > > Curt Miller

Hi Curt, It's been a while cuz, but I have been reading your e-mails with interest, especially your posts about Riegerts. You're the best! In reference to the name variations, do you recall in the Sacred Heart records from Mount Holly, NJ John's gg(?)Grandfather's name was listed as Fredrick Riegert on one of his childrens baptisms instead of Theophile? We must get together when I'm in NJ to compare notes again! Betty Jo Riegert Captiva, FL Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: curtw@comcast.net Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:10:32 To:alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [A-L] French forename or surname? My great grandfather, born in Alsace, was named Theophile Schwertzler. I have the birth record and have seen a number of variations of Theophile in American records. Could this be the basis of Toughfield? Curt Miller -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Mary Finley verizon" <marmfin@verizon.net> > I couldn't think of a correct Subject labeling. > > I just discovered TOUGHFIELD. > > Francois LOUZON b. 1829 Fr. Canada m. Caroline LENTZ b. 1832 Mozelle, France > named their son Francis TOUGHFIELD LOUZON b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1877. > > Is TOUGHFIELD a French forename or surname? Since this 4th child was Francis > rather than Francois could TOUGHFIELD also be an anglicized version of another > name? > > Perhaps I should be making this query elsewhere. If so, I hope someone can > direct me to the proper forum. > > Regards, > Mary McCanney Finley > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message