Brief Life History of Alcimède
When Alcimède Chachère was born on 19 May 1836, in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, his father, Constant Chachère, was 30 and his mother, Marie Célestine Lavergne, was 21. He died before 1850.
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- Alcimede Chachere, "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Celestine, Laure.
American French: from Chacheré, a combination of the beginning of the French surname Charette 2 and the ending of the French surname Vaucheré, a derivative of Vaucher, a cognate of Gaucher 1.
History: It was Louis-Dominique Charette from Paris, France, who created his new surname from the beginning of his own surname and the ending of the maiden name of his wife, Catherine Vaucheré (or Vaucherey, Vaucherez). They married in St. Landry Parish, LA, c. 1787.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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