The Lachance surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,744 people carried this name — #5,988 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,619 in 2000.

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In print

Lachance in American newspapers,
1903–1921.

Newspaper page from The Courier-Journal carrying the name Lachance
The Courier-Journal 1903-04-29
Newspaper page from Evening Journal carrying the name Lachance
Evening Journal 1913-12-12
Newspaper page from The Ocala Evening Star carrying the name Lachance
The Ocala Evening Star 1921-04-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,715 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lachance,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Arthur Lachance
    Arthur Lachance 1868–1945 · lawyer
  • Laurent Lachance
    Laurent Lachance 1931–2024 · writer
  • Janine Lachance
    Janine Lachance 1932–2017 · pianist
  • Micheline Lachance
    Micheline Lachance 1944–2022 · writer
  • Louis Lachance 1899–1963 · historian
  • Jason Lachance 1901– · athletics competitor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Laurent Lachance: Minoumi, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); Janine Lachance: Laumm12, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 72 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lachance,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States657 records

657 records of the Lachance name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 336
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 186
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 81
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 28
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 24
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jules J. Lachance

    Born 1908 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks; construction foreman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1976, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Arthur Elvin Lachance

    Born 1945; from Chester, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; died of wounds 1970 in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Edward T. La Chance

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1895, died 1950; buried at Wood National Cemetery, Wisconsin.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 657 records for Lachance in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada41 records

41 records of the Lachance name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 11
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 7
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 7
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 4
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 3
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Juliette Lachance

    Died 1998, aged 55; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Cathline A. Lachance

    Died 1917 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Wilfrid Lachance

    Died in service in 1920.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 41 records for Lachance in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Lachance name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Eustache Lachance

    Died 1915 in Meerssen, aged 34.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Raijmond Joseph Clarence Lachance

    Married in 1945 in Oss.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Lachance name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Philippe Joseph Fernand Lachance

    Born 1938 in Versailles (Yvelines); died 1984 in Meaux (Seine-et-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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