 His name also appears as Gustave-Adolphe Turcotte.He was born in Trois-Rivières, Canada East in 1848, the son of Joseph-Édouard Turcotte and Flore Buteau, and was educated at the Jesuit Collège Saint-Marie in Montreal and the Séminaire Saint-Joseph in Trois-Rivières.Turcotte served as registrar for Nicolet County.