About the Maréchal surname
The surname Maréchal is associated with an occupational formation. The surname is linked to an old occupational name associated with the work of a farrier or marshal. This interpretation connects the surname with the vocabulary of historical trades and occupations. Maréchal contains one or more diacritics in its canonical spelling. Historical or normalized indexes may omit them, which is useful to keep in mind during genealogical research. In the normalization used for some LAFRANCE searches, the surname is also matched through the form “marechal”; this search variant can be useful when accents, spaces, or punctuation differ.
Pronunciation:
Ma-ré-chal/maʁeʃal/