Re: origin of name...
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origin of name...
3/02/00
ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOUR FAMILY CAME FROM.IF FROM NOVA SCOTIA THE NAME GASPARD WAS FROM ANOTHER NAME.GASPARD WAS THE FIRST NAME AND THEY CHANGED IT TO THE LAST NAME.IF FROM FRANCE I CAN'T HLEP YOU THERE.I AM WORKING ON LEON GASPARD FROM LOUISIANA AND THERE IS NOTHING ANYWHERE ON HIM.GOOD LUCK IN YOUR RESEARCH.P.S.I DID FIND THIS.GASPARD (GAHS-PHAR) USED IN THE 11TH CENTURY AND DERIVED FROM PERSIAN GENASHBER "TREASURE MASTER" WHICH WAS ONE OF THE THREE WISE MEN WHO BORNE GIFTS TO THE CHRIST CHILD IN BETHLEHEM.
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