The desroches Surname
desroches Name Meaning and History
French: topographic name for someone living among rocks, from the
fused preposition and definite article des + the plural of
French roche ‘rock’, or a habitational name from any of several
places named with this word. In North America, this name has been
confused with Laroche, and translated as Rock.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| desroches from tignish prince edward island |
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| family history | gary desroche | 24 |
| John Desroches from P.E.I. |
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| Lawrence Desroches out of Prince Edward Island | Carol Light | 8 |
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| DESROCHES FAMILY, QUEBEC, CANADA |
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| Hubert/Marie Albina Desroches/Holyoke Mass |
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| Frederick DesRoches | Lesley Rousselle | 5 |
| Desroches Family/ Waterbury Connecticut in 1900 |
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