Lajoie Family History
Lajoie Name Meaning
French Canadian: common secondary surname, also used independently
since 1784, from la joie ‘joy’, hence a nickname for a happy,
cheerful person.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Lajoie Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lajoie families
 40 - 77  14 - 39 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lajoie families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Lajoie Family Origin
Lajoie Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Lajoie
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Lajoie Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Lajoie Civil War Service Records
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