When Alfred Lessard was born on 9 May 1862, in Sainte-Ursule, Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada, his father, Joseph Lessard, was 27 and his mother, Marie Claire Clarisse Boulet, was 29. He married Marie Beauchemin on 1 February 1886, in Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada for about 10 years and Grand-Mère, Champlain, Quebec, Canada in 1931. He died on 26 July 1944, at the age of 82.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Lucien, Pierre, Marcel, Emile, Laurent, Michel, Normand, Adrien, Aime, Camille, Laurier.
French: topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, from Old French essart ‘newly cleared land, assart’ (from Late Latin exsartum, past participle of exsarire ‘to weed out, grub up’), with fused definite article l'; or a habitational name from Lessard, Lessart, L'Essard or L'Essart, names of several places in various parts of France, of the same etymology. Compare Lasser and Lessor .
History: Étienne (de) Lessard/Lessart from Chambois in Orne, France, married Marguerite Sevestre in Quebec City, QC, in 1652. His descendants also bear altered forms of the surname, such as Lasser and Lessor.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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