Brief Life History of Jean Pierre
When Jean Pierre Rochon was born on 6 May 1845, in Inverso Pinasca, Turin, Piedmont, Italy, his father, Jean Michel Rochon, was 35 and his mother, Susanne Robert, was 25. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Harriet Ann George. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 15 October 1903, in Union, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 58.
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- Peter Unknown in household of Thos Richardson, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jean Pierre Rochon birth record, Registri ecclesiastici di Pomaretto (Torino)
- Jean Pierre Rochon, date of death, Murray City, Utah, Cemetery lots
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1861
The Kingdom of Italy was formed under the leadership of Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Pierre, Andre, Aurele, Gaston, Michel, Yves, Adrien, Antoine, Fernande, Gaetan, Germain, Gilles.
Altered form of French Rocheron: topographic name from a diminutive of rocher ‘rock, crag, boulder’ (see Rocher ), or a habitational name from Le Rocheron, the name of two places in Indre-et-Loire.
French: diminutive of Roche ‘rock’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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