Brief Life History of Marie Emilienne Bernadette
When Marie Emilienne Bernadette Marchand was born on 20 July 1886, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, her father, Alexis Eugene Marchand, was 51 and her mother, Celanire Trottier, was 36. She married Joseph Rocheleau on 11 April 1909, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1920 and Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, United States in 1930. She died on 9 November 1972, in Rice, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Meadow Ridge Memorial Park, Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, United States.
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- Bernadette Rochelemure in household of Jos Rochelemure, "United States Census, 1910"
- Bernadette Marchand, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Bernadette Rocheleau, "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002"
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1901 · St Nicholas Orthodox Church and Rectory
St. Nicholas Orthodox church and rectory was built in 1908. It is a wood framed building with a cross shaped spire, built for immigrants from Eastern Europe. It would years later that the rectory was built on it
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Andre, Armand, Pierre, Emile, Jacques, Lucien, Normand, Alphonse, Camille, Cecile, Colette.
French: occupational name for a buyer and seller of goods, from Old French march(e)ant, Late Latin mercatans, from Latin mercari ‘to trade’, from merx ‘commerce, exchange, merchandise’. In the Middle Ages the term was used mainly to denote a wholesale dealer. Compare Marchant and Mershon .
English (London): variant of Marchant , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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