The Trudeau family can be traced to Marcillac-Lanville in France in the 16th century and to a Robert Truteau (1544-1589).[REF]
Pierre Trudeau was born at home at 5779 Durocher Avenue, Outremont, Montreal, on October 18, 1919,[REF] to Charles-Émile "Charley" Trudeau, a French-Canadian businessman and lawyer, and Grace Elliott, who was of mixed Scottish and French-Canadian descent.