Pierre Desrochers

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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Family Time Line

Pierre Desrochers
1723–1791
Marie Marguerite Caille
1725–1801
Marriage: 6 February 1747
Marie Marguerite Desrochers
1747–1757
Marie Madeleine Desrochers
1749–1751
Marie Anne Desrochers
1751–1751
Marie Josephte Desrochers
1752–1765
Pierre Charles Desrochers
1753–1768
Jean Baptiste Desrochers
1754–1812
Louis Desrochers
1755–1835
Pierre Desrochers Durocher
1760–
Marie Louise Desrochers
1761–1761
Joseph Desrochers
1765–1765
Antoine Desrochers
1767–1770
Marie Madeleine Desrochers
1769–1769
Marie Louise Desrochers
1770–

Sources (3)

  • 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

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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