Josephte Dufresne

Brief Life History of Josephte

When Josephte Dufresne was born on 10 November 1807, in Chambly, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada, her father, Basile Benjamin Dufresne, was 42 and her mother, Marie-Joseph Benoite Palardy, was 41. She married Pierre Choiniere-Sabourin on 4 February 1823, in Chambly, Chambly, Lower Canada, British North America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 11 February 1845, in La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 37, and was buried in La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Pierre Choiniere-Sabourin
1802–1870
Josephte Dufresne
1807–1845
Marriage: 4 February 1823
Elmire Sabourin dit Choiniere
1824–1866
Joseph Choiniere
1831–1834
Adeline Choiniere Sabourin
1825–1893
Pierre Choiniere
1829–1838
Trefflé Choiniere
1829–
Josephte Choiniere
1833–1907
Infant Choiniere
1835–1835
Marie Cordelie Choiniere
1837–
Vilbon Choiniere
1840–
Thomas Choiniere
1843–

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  • Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899S-69YC?cc=1321742&wc=HCWY-MNL%3A13629001%2C13629002%2C15083101

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Normand, Andre, Edouard, Gabrielle, Gaston, Jacques, Lucien, Olivier, Pierre, Ulysse, Aime.

French: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent ash tree, from Old French fresne ‘ash’ (from Latin fraxinus), or a habitational name for someone from Le Fresne, the name of several places in the northern part of France, named with this word. It is formed with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’. Compare Ash , Ashe , Defrain , Dufrane , and Dufrene .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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