Marie Elisabeth Duchesne

Brief Life History of Marie Elisabeth

When Marie Elisabeth Duchesne was born on 25 October 1685, in Saint-François, L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada, her father, Pierre Duchesne Lapierre, was 48 and her mother, Catherine Rivet, was 38. She married Jean-Baptiste Lecoq on 10 November 1721, in Notre-Dame de Québec, Quebec City, Québec, Canada, New France. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 29 July 1762, in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Champlain, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 76, and was buried in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Champlain, Quebec, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Jean-Baptiste Lecoq
1695–1742
Marie Elisabeth Duchesne
1685–1762
Marriage: 10 November 1721
André Jean Louis Lecoq St- Onge
1720–1720
Andre Louis Duchesne
1720–
Marie Marguerite Lecoq
1723–1755
Jean Francois Lecoq
1726–

Sources (7)

  • Sainte-Geneviève - Acte de sépulture de d'Elizabeth Duchaine
  • Saint-François - Acte de baptême d'Elizabeth Duchesne
  • Notre-Dame-de-Québec - Acte de mariage de Jean Lecoq dit St-Onge et Elizabeth Duchesne

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Camille, Jacques, Marcel, Normand, Aime, Aldege, Andre, Cecile, Laurier, Lucien, Michel, Rosaire.

French and Walloon: topographic name, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’, from Old French chesne ‘oak’ (see Chene ), or a habitational name for someone from Le Chesne, the name of several places in the northern part of France. This surname is also found in the Flemish part of Belgium. Compare Duchaine , Duchene , and Dushane .

History: This surname is listed (in the form Du Chesne) in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.

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

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