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Alexandre Dufour	The descendants of Alexandre Dufour and Victory Hourdiau, originally from Cuesmes in Belgium. settled in Pennsylvania at the beginning of the 20e century. Alexandre Dufour had three sons: Auguste, Moofste et Arthur¹. We know that Arthur settled in Grampian while his brothers chose Houtzdale where their children got married. We could not relate him to other lineages.
Alfred Dufour	Son of Jean-Baptiste-Eusèbe and Florine Leclerc, Alfred married Béatrice Carpentier at Notre-Dame of Montréal. His son Armand also married at the same church and his grandson Georges married Germaine Fournier, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec. We do not know more on this lineage.
André-Léon Dufour	From Havre, france, he was married in Charlottetown, PEI, Canada. Nothing more on this lineage.
David Dufour	[NDLR] [On April 2001, we received the following information from Pat Dufour-Dufur. The ancestor of her husband is David Dufour. *The* text is from Mme Patricia Gasper Burruss David Du Four, came to New York in the middle of the 17th century. Furthermore, in September 2004, Bishop Terry L. Gardner, sent us the information on the first two generations.] Joannis Du Four was born in1579 in Armentières, north of the Lys River, France et died in England. Child: Philippe Du Four Phillippe Du Four was born in 1601 on Threadneedle St., London, Englande. He got married in 1624 at Ester La Paze. Child: David Du Four David Du Four born at Mons, Belgium in 1625. David married Marie Boulen in 1649 at Sedan, France. They had a son Jean, born in 1655. Marie died in 1656 and David will marry again, to Janette Frances on July10, 1657. That same year he will move with his family to Manhattan, NY. He died at Turtle Bay, New-York in 1699. Jean born-1655 - Sedan, France; married to Janette Van Esselteyn-1676; died-1720. Child: Abraham Dufoor-Dufour *Note: At abput this time he will change his name to Dufoor-Dufour.* Abraham Dufoor-Dufour born-1701 at Bloomingdale, NY; married to Gerrif Vanofwerken; died-1780 at Poughkeepsie, NY. Child: Abraham Jr. Dufoor Abraham Jr. Dufoor born -May11, 1722; married to Hepsibah about 1746; died-1748 in Massachusetts. Child: David Dufur *Note: He will change his name for Dufur* David Dufur born- December 11, 1748, Lancaster, MA.; married Ruth McGregory November 16,1769 in Marlboro, NH; died-1830 NY Child: Calvin Dufur Calvin Dufur born-1781 in Marlboro, NH. married Rhoda around 1799; died-1870, NY. Child: William Dufur William Dufur born-1808 NH.; married Phebe(?) Child: James Hollister Dufur James Hollister ³ Dufur born- April 17, 1833 in Buroftte, NY.; married Leanor Lancaster on November 12, 1865 in Menard Co., IL; died June 20, 1915 at Cedarville, AR Child: John Henry John Henry Dufur born August 21, 1868 at Sebastian, AR; married Louella Vira Shuler August 17, 1890 at Lampassas, TX; died March 1, 1944 at Floydata, TX. Child: Odie Dufur Odie Dufur born August 11, 1899 at Lampassas, TX; married Dora Thomas Brady February 24, 1934 at Clovis, NM; died April 24, 1982, Bakersfield, CA. Child: Clarence Dale Dufur Clarence Dale Dufur born May 17, 1946 at Oflano, CA; married Patricia Gasper Burruss January 17, 1970.
Guillaume-Henri Dufour	Guillaume-Henri was a Swiss general, bridge engineer and topographer. He served under Napoleon I and led the Swiss forces to victory against the Sonderbund. He presided over the First Geneva Convention which established the International Red Cross. He was the most famous president of the Swiss Federal Office of Topography from 1838 to 1865. The Dufourspitze (the highest mountain in Switzerland) in the Monte Rosa Massif is named for him. His descendants are still in Switzerland (b.15 September 1787, Konstanz - d.14 July 1875, Geneva)
Hilaire Dufour	Hillary² Dufour was born in Guernsay, February 1, 1841; came to America in April 1854, and to Racine about 1857. His son Peter-Pierre settled in Missouri, then in California.
Jean-Baptiste Dufour	Of Le Havre, France he is the son of Pierre and Étiennette Michel. He married Jeanne Paquet-Bacquet at Notre-Dame of Québec in 1738. The couple had 4 children. Jean-Baptiste is a trader-merchant. Two of his daughters married, one at St-Michel of Bellechasse in 1761, the other at Quebec in 1769. Then we found nothing else! Therefore presumably the family returned to France after the 1760 conquest . Perharps, his descendants have changed their name. We don't know!
Jean-Baptiste Dufour known as Montpellier	Originally from Nîmes in Languedoc, diocese of Montpellier (nickname), Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Dufour, son of Antoine and Jeanne Meunier married twice at Lavaltrie: first with Thérèse Laniel in 1760, then with Louise Harnois in 1763. But we found nothing else. Surely his descendants changed their name
Jean Dufour Violles known as Gascogne	Listed in the ''Recueil de la Bourgeoisie Ancienne'', this lineage, has a lot of honorable personalities, of physicians or lawyers, didn't emigrate in America. We didn't go deeper into our researches..
Pierre Dufour known as Latour	This second Pierre Dufour, came from Arras in Artois, he took the nickname "Latour". He married Geneviève Guignard said Brillant said Saintour (St-Ours village on the Richelieu valley probably inspired his nickname) in 1722 in Montreal, he then settled at Terrebonne and his descendants proliferated there. This lineage also seems to have changed their name Dufour, it is difficult to find anyone beyond the end of the 19th century.

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