LaRocque/Rocque/Rock/Laroche Surname

[hermin1]

Link to information re larocque/Rocque/Rock/LaRoche family genealogy.

freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~louislarocque/CDROMe.html

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Hereis a link to Canadian Genweb which has info on the LaRocque Surname:

ourorigins.org/genealogielistfirstname.aspx?Family=Larocque_697&lng=en
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guests and fellow researchers, the reference by Martel above is very puzzling if notmisinforming. the author apparently did not document her statements re. the family.

[hermin1]

here is another good linkto the laRocque Surname:
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wioconto/basileL.htm

[wakanhotanin]

Hello:
I think I posted this information before, but encase I didn't here it is:
There is Rock Island (now a peninsula) in Devils Lake, ND.
It was named for Augustin LaRocke, who had a fur post here.
His Indian name was Wazusteca (Strawberry) because he had a red birth mark on his face. I understand that some of his local descendants carry this mark, but not on their face.
The North Dakota National Guard now use the "island" as a training base called Camp Grafton having purchased it from the Spirit Lake Dakota circa 1900.

[hermin1]

Louie: thanks so much for the information. so there are descendents of Augustin still living there. Wow!!!!Louie: I am wondering if this Augustin LaRock is the same one that MadRock has been posting info on at the Oyate Exchane Research web site. here is the link,if you want to check it out:
oyate1.proboards.com/index.cgi

[wakanhotanin]

Yes, there are two LaRock families here at Spirit Lake. I don't know how they spell their name. Everyone here has cell phones so there isn't any listing in the phone book.
I just called my wife who works at the Tribal building but she knows nothing about them. She thinks they came from Turtle Mountain Rez.
Augustin LaRoc had his fur post on the island between the years 1819 and 1826.
I have been following the postings on the other website.
I assume this Augustin was a Junior.
Toksta ake,
Louie

[hermin1]

Thanks much Louie.

[sitysue2]

Any info on: Josette Laroque she married abt. 1750 to Francois Demers dit Chedville they had a son Henri Demers b. 1754 THANKS !!! please email: [e-mail]

[hermin1]

sitysue2: The information you provided is not enough for me to go on. Please provid vital dates and places.

[hermin1]

Augustin Rock is among those listed in the 1820 and 1830 Censuses for Crawford County ,Mich.
in the 1820 Census he is listed as #20. Rock,Augustine
white males under10...1
White males10-11...2white males 26-44...1
white females under10...1
whte females 10-15...1
persons engaged in commerce...1
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1830 Michigan Territory Census includes Augustin Rock Sr.(laRocque) 1002001 111001

[hermin1]

another link to La Rocque Family Genealogy. Includes LaRocques who settled in North Dakota.

freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~louislarocque/MoreInfo/F114054.pdf

[hermin1]

This is link to History of crawford and Harrison Counties,Wisconsin.
Select which format you want to read the book in. You can download and print the book out if you want.
I believe Chapter Ten has informsation on the LaRocques. also check the Index.


www.archive.org/details/historyofcrawfor00butt

I am not sure what hashappened, butthe link tothe full text format worked before, and now it does notwork. Please accept my apologies.
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Update:
here is a betterlink to the whole book:

www.usgenweb.info/wicrawford/books/history.htm

[hermin1]

louie:
somewhere on our website I have the links to the old Metis Cemetery at Pembina.there are a bunch of larocques buried there. i also found some in the 1850 census for pembina(when they did the the territorial census for Minnesota).

[hermin1]

james L. Hansen wrote an article in The Genealogist, vol.11, no1(Spring,1997) pp.3-36 titled
The Origins of the Roc/Rocque Family of Prairie du Chien and Wabasha,Genealogy Among the Voyageurs. if you can locate a copy of it, it may provide information on the family that you seek.