French (also La Rochelle): habitational name from any of a
number of places with this name, especially the port in
Charente-Maritime. It occurs as a secondary surname in French Canada.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Larochelle
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Larochelle census records
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