Desroches Family History
Desroches Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Desroches Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Desroches families
 14 - 26  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Desroches families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Desroches Family Origin
Desroches Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Desroches
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Desroches Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Desroches census records
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