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Derocher.Pdf DeRocher (Duquet dit Desrocher) History and genealogical study Origins in Canada New Beginnings in Maine, U.S.A. Linda J. Ladue-DeRocher Diane M. DeRocher-Elderd 1999 Copyright © 1999 Linda Ladue - DeRocher and Diane DeRocher - Elderd Prologue Copyright © Claude Belanger Gagnier Photos Copyright © Rev. John F. Gagnier Gosselin Photo Copyright © Robert Roberochon Montreal illustration © Montreal Research group, Adhemar ISBN 0-9700635-0-4 To order additional copies contact: Diane DeRocher - Elderd 17 John Street, Raymond, NH 03077-1822 1-603-895-3207 [email protected] or Linda Ladue - DeRocher 1521 Silverwood Drive, Martinez, Ca 94553 1-925-372-0116 [email protected] Contents Acknowledgment * * * * * * * * V Forward * * * * * * * * * VI Linda J. Ladue-DeRocher, Diane M. DeRocher-Elderd Commentary * * * * * * * * * VIII Ronald A. DeRocher Jr. Dedication * * * * * * * * * IX Prologue * * * * * * * * * XI French canadian emigration to the U.S., 1840 - 1930. By Claude Belanger with his permission. I. The Mystery * * * * * * * * 25 Angeline and the detective work proving the line. II. The surprise * * * * * * * * 28 From Angeline back. An adventure in "dit" names. III. Historical perspective * * * * * * * 32 Denys Duquet to Angeline Desrocher. Historical events impacting the lives in chronological order. Includes web links, pictures and reference citations. IV. DeRocher in the U.S. * * * * * * * 39 Louis Desrocher to Joseph DeRocher, with historical perspective. V. An Expanding Family in an expanding nation * * * * 43 Joseph DeRocher to Ronald A. DeRocher Sr. Additional resources * * * * * * * * 48 VI. Ancestors of Ronald DeRocher Sr. * * * * * 50 Ronald A. DeRocher Sr. to earliest ancestors in Canada. VII. Lineage tree charts * * * * * * 129 Graphic form of family trees, Ronald A. DeRocher Sr. to Denys Duquett. 64 charts plus 2 blank for individual updates. Sources * * * * * * * * * * 197 VIII. Descendants of Angeline DeRocher * * * * * 206 Outline descendent forms, Angeline DeRocher to present day. Sources * * * * * * * * * * 228 IX. Appendix. * * * * * * * * 230 Documents peripheral to individuals and historical information, includes web links. X. Index * * * * * * * * * 236 XI. Placement Index.* * * * * * * * 246 List of the institutions or places the book has been donated to or placed on loan. III Illustrations page Angele Desrocher baptism record * * * * * * * * 26 Louis Derocher marriage record * * * * * * * * 28 Louis DeRocher baptism record * * * * * * * * 29 Migration route "Canada Road" * * * * * * * * 37 Changing land claims * * * * * * * * * 38 Desange DeRocher obituary * * * * * * * * 40 Maine Central RR facility * * * * * * * * 41 14 and 16 Collins Street, Waterville Maine * * * * * * * 42 Ronald DeRocher Sr. Purple heart * * * * * * * * 46 Ronald Derocher Sr. military picture * * * * * * * 47 Churches of our Ancestors in France * * * * * * * 50 Ronald and Louise DeRocher family 1963 * * * * * * * 51 Ronald and Louise DeRocher March 1946 * * * * * * * 52 Henri and Rose Anna DeRocher Wedding photo * * * * * * 53 Henri and Rose Anna DeRocher * * * * * * * * 54 Henri DeRocher 1947 * * * * * * * * * 55 Henri and Ronald DeRocher 1948 * * * * * * * * 55 Thelma, Laurier, Ronald DeRocher 1920 * * * * * * * 56 Thelma, Ronald, Laurier DeRocher 1971 * * * * * * * 57 Joseph and Lucy Derocher family 1904 * * * * * * * 60 Gasnier Ancestral house in Quebec * * * * * * * 99 Louis Gagnier water mill in France * * * * * * * 100 Gabriel Gosselin's house * * * * * * * * 129 19th Century Montreal * * * * * * * * * 206 Donald Doyon Jr, Joan DeRocher-Doyon, Ronald DeRocher Jr. June 1997 * * * 217 IV Acknowledgements The Authors wish to acknowledge and thank the following for their help and generosity in the completion of this work. The Church of the Latter Day Saints, especially the Concord, Ca. FHC. The American Canadian Genealogical Society, Manchester N.H.. The New England Historic Genealogical Society. The Maine Historical Society. The Maine State Archives. The Maine State Library. Waterville Maine public Library. Lynn Mass City Hall. Lynn Mass Public Library. AOL GFS Suzzanne Lévesque AOL GFS Carol Anne Giroux Turner The Canadian Archives Duquet.org, Rosalie Ferris Marionopolis College, Claude Bélanger. St. Francis de Sales Church, Waterville Maine. Reverand John F. Gagnier Robert Roberochon AOL member Pat32 MB Jack Kovaks Peter Quinn Brian Quinn Brian DeRocher Montreal Research Group, Adhemar All the historical and genealogical sites on the WWW. All the family members we talked to. V Forward The Quest for Ancestors of Angeline DESROCHER In 1974, after hearing stories from my father in law, Ronald A. Derocher Sr., about his early childhood in Waterville Maine. I began to investigate the historical value of this family. Questioning living relatives concerning the mother of his grandfather, Joseph DeRocher of Waterville, Maine, my quest began with finding the husband of Angeline DESROCHER. Of course I began this search with the life of Ronald A. DeRocher Sr., as still living, and had access to true and viable sources concerning his vital records. Ronald A. DeRocher Sr. was born in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. His parents were, Henri Albert DeRocher born of Waterville, Kennebec Co. Maine and Rose Anna Doyon also of Waterville, Maine. Rose Anna Doyon comes from a distinctive family, the first Doyon in Quebec. A question arises whether or not Angele DeRocher was ever married. Looking through many documents archived in Maine and Quebec we could only find her baptismal record. She is the daughter of Louis Desrochers, a farmer in Beauceville, Quebec and Julia LeClerc. Louis Desrochers comes from the Lauzon, Quebec Canada branch of the Duquette dit Desrochers. His parents were Joseph Duquette dit Desrocher and Marie Monique Dodier. I do not know at this time why the Duquette was dropped. Anything I might say would be speculative in nature. Perhaps at a later time someone will be able to uncover what caused this event. We know from church records and census that Angeline Desrocher is the mother of Joseph DeRocher and Desanges "Angele" DeRocher. The father of the children was not revealed in any of these records. A death of Joseph Derocher occurs in Waterville, Maine with Angeline his mother. But no mention of his father. Angeline's death mentions Louis as her father. A 1850 census of Clinton, Kennebec Co. has Angeline then 17 yrs. old living with Louis and Julia (some say Marcia, but that is not correct according to baptismal records in Beauceville Canada.) In the same census we have Angeline Jerusia (perhaps a corrupted form of DeRocher) 18 years of age living with an English farming family not too far from the Louis and Julia residence. This I plan to further investigate for possible clues. The mystery of the two Pierre Jacques Boucher is clarified by the facts that Angeline's sister Marie married a Pierre Jacques Boucher, and Angeline's daughter Desanges also married another Pierre Jacques Boucher from a different family many years later. I ask a question at this point. If Angeline was never married, how did her children receive baptisms? Her son Joseph worked as a fireman in Waterville, Maine at the Maine Central Railroad. Her daughter Desanges married Jacques Boucher and removed to St. Zacharie, Quebec, Canada. I have traced Angeline's family through her father. I hope that someday the mystery will break and uncover more fruitfull works of this family. Until then - Mai qui nous sommes de façon continue béni avec bonheur et prospérité. May we be continuously blessed with happines and prosperity. Linda Jeanne Ladue DeRocher VI Forward Most of the groundwork for this book had begun long before I became involved. I had been working on the ancestry of my husband’s family when my mother, brother and sister-in-law were already working on the DeRocher genealogy. My parents had already laid a groundwork for me to follow while working with Linda and Ron by visiting Maine and documenting some of the family history. They provided the basic legwork of visiting cemetaries, churches and family structures in and around Waterville, Maine. With Linda and Ron living such a distance from the actual physical elements my parents provided an insight to the culture and traditions still held unkowingly by thier following generations. During one of their research visits to Massachusetts, Ron and Linda invited me to accompany them to the NEHGS in Boston. When we realized that I lived close to the ACGS in Manchester they asked if I could help them by looking up some things there. At the ACGS I found a wealth of invaluable reference material relating to the specifics of French Canadian's both in the United States and Canada not readily available elsewhere. Most of my research was to locate the marriages and thus find the names of the parents of the earlier generations. The corroboration entailed a great amount of researching the existing documentation and to verify the source citations. Comparing Linda and my notes we then filled in details wherever possible. This of course led to the substantiation of additional data to be transferred into electronic format and folded into the database. Most of this work was accomplished with the aid of computers and the internet. We were able to communicate and exchange data at an extremely rapid rate. This allowed us to weave the information into a tapestry that we hope will be enjoyed by generations to come. Almost all of our family lines are documented very well with the exception of Angele DeRocher. This has
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