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Re: Origin of the name Duchemin
Posted by: Phillip Duchemin	Date: July 27, 2001 at 11:59:21
In Reply to: Origin of the name Duchemin by Simon Duchemin	of 53

Here is an interesting theory I picked up from a rabbi whom I met during 1969 while living in Berlin:

The name might have derived from the family mandate to be collectors of the road tax in France. This is certainly consistent with the literal definition of our name.

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