Richard Lawrence Desjardins b. 11 Apr 1946 Peabody, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Apr 2016 Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA: Our Family History

Richard Lawrence Desjardins

1946 - 2016 (70 years)

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Name	Richard Lawrence Desjardins
Birth	11 Apr 1946	Peabody, Essex, Massachusetts, USA [3, 5]
Gender	Male
Residence	Salem, Peabody [4]
Residence	1963	Peabody, Massachusetts, USA [2]
Residence	1993	Salem, MA [3]
Death	20 Apr 2016	Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Burial	25 Apr	Wilmington [4]
Person ID	I292426857140	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Father	Roger Lawrence Desjardins, b. 16 Jul 1920, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Jul 1989, Peabody, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 68 years)
Mother	Annette Lorette Bonsant, b. 7 Feb 1922, Massachusetts d. 8 Oct 2004, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 82 years)
Family ID	F12436	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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Family ID F12587 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

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[S1033441983] "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Bishop Fenwick High School; Year: 1963.
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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.