About the Barbary Grand'Maison surname
The surname Barbary Grand'Maison is associated with a patronymic formation. The -son ending traditionally indicates descent, with the sense “son of.”. A patronymic formation of this kind shows how an older personal name could develop into a family name. The apostrophe is part of the canonical form of Barbary Grand'Maison. Historical records and indexes may nevertheless omit or normalize this punctuation differently. In the normalization used for some LAFRANCE searches, the surname is also matched through the form “barbary grandmaison”; this search variant can be useful when accents, spaces, or punctuation differ.
Pronunciation:
Bar-beu-ri-grand-mèj-seun/baʁbœʁiɡʁandmɛjsœn/