Brief Life History of Pierre
When Pierre Desrochers was born on 3 February 1723, in Saint-François-du-Lac, Odanak, Nicolet-Yamaska, Quebec, Canada, his father, Pierre Joseph Desrochers Lafreniere Roche, was 24 and his mother, Marie Anne Madeleine Rouleau, was 21. He married Marie Marguerite Caille on 6 February 1747, in Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 3 September 1791, in Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 68, and was buried in Baie-du-Febvre, Nicolet-Yamaska, Quebec, Canada.
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- Marriage of Louis Derocher and Magdeleine Gauthier, fils de Pierre Derocher et de M. Marguerite Caille.
- Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99S-F3RL?cc=1321742&wc=HCRD-VZ9%3A18754401%2C18754402%2C19183701
- Baptême, 1755, Louis Derocher, fils de Pierre Derocher et de M. Marguerite Caillé
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Marcel, Andre, Lucien, Jacques, Pierre, Cecile, Dominique, Emile, Alphonse, Andree, Aurele.
French: topographic name from the plural form of rocher ‘rock, crag, boulder’, with fused preposition and definite article des ‘from the’, denoting someone who lived in a rocky place; or a habitational name from any of numerous places in various parts of France named Les Rochers. Compare Derocha , Deroche , Derocher , Derusha , Desrocher , Durocher , and Rocher .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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