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Ancestor
ancestor (?), n. (OE. ancestre,auncestre, also ancessour; the first forms fr. OF.
ancestre, F. ancetre, fr. the L. nom. antessor
one who goes before; the last form fr. OF. ancessor, fr. L. acc.
antecessorem, fr. antecedere to go before; ante before
+ cedere to go. See Cede, and cf. Antecessor.)
1. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the
fathers or mothers side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore
father.
2. (Biol.) An earlier type; a progenitor;
as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the
horse.
3. (Law) One from whom an estate has
descended; -- the correlative of heir.
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Jeanpauletaline2@hotmail.com - December 23rd, 2005
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looking for the brothers of Olivier Hurteau borned in Co. Franklin N.Y. the 22of February 1854 maried to Elisabeth Leblanc in St-Anicet Huntingdon Quebec the 27 of January 1874
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Jeanpauletaline2@hotmail.com - December 23rd, 2005
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Xavier Hurteau borned in St-Anicet Huntingdon Quebec on the 21 of January 1896 , he lived in Lebanon New Hampshire. Looking for the name of his spouse
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