The dufresne Surname
dufresne Name Meaning and History
French: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent ash
tree, from Old French fresne ‘ash’ (from Latin
fraxinus), with fused preposition and definite article
du ‘from the’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Cora Delia Dufresne |
 JamieFors
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| Leon Gabriel Dufresne family... Montreal Quebec |
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| Dufresne - Quebec(late 1800's) to Mass, |
KimRinard1976
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| Beginning Family Tree | Robert Dufresne | 23 |
| Dufresne in Detroit area about 1922 | Mark List | 9 |
| maude dufresne | norbert hirschhorn | 6 |
| Etienne Dufresne m. Exillia Larivierre |
lisa_pigeau
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| Barbara Dufrense/Dufresne/Dufranse |
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| William Dufresne |
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| Descendants of Antoine Dufresne ~ 1635 | Chris Dufresne | 15 |
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