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The Common Room / Re: Dorizac Family in England - Name Origin?
« on: Sunday 22 June 25 16:21 BST (UK)  »
Hi Anne. I will attach a list of notes I have made concerning my mother's side of the Dorizac family. CF (grandfather) Dorizac had seven children. Nelson, the father of Les was a piano tuner and we suspect a porter of Dupuytren's disease that one other male cousin and I have suffered from. Les was an entrepreneur and married a Chinese national, imported pianos from China and had some branded in his name. He was also a record distributor and I will always grateful to him passing me the first Bob Dylan record as well as a French recording of Irma la Douce. My sister and I believe my grandmother, Irma Dorizac, was in fact the daughter of her older sister, Eleanor Elizabeth Elvira, born out of town and more or less brought up by the threesome of grandparents and mother. There are very few male Dorizacs still standing. As far as I know only Raymond , Les's brother, has a son Owen Dorizac b 1950. All the other lines appear to have been shy breeders or drowned in female offspring.
I would be happy to share my documents with you if we can make contact. I live in Pezenas.

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The Common Room / Re: Dorizac Family in England - Name Origin?
« on: Saturday 14 June 25 14:47 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Anne Forrest on Thursday 29 May 25 16:30 BST (UK)
My great grandmother was Elizabeth Dorizac who was Frederick's sister. Frederick boarded a ship called Megaera at Sheerness, Kent, England taking the job of Captains cabin boy. This ship was bound for Australia but was shipwrecked in the Indian Ocean. The survivors landed on an island belonging to France called St Pauls. All survived until they were rescued and taken to Australia. I don't know what happened to Frederick after that but I have a record of him being an immigrant  to New Zealand and living there until he died in 1945. 

I would love to here from you. Perhaps we could piece the rest of the story together. I live in England so not too far from you if you are still in France. One more interesting fact is that the story in our family was also that the Dorizacs were originally French Huguenots who came to England. However I have been to the Huguenot museum in Rochester and they were unable to trace the name in their records.

Hi Anne, Here I am, still settled in France. How do we make contact apart from posting on roots chat? I will try and attach a photo of grandfather Dorizac. There are Huguenot museum sin the south of France but I haven't tried them yet. Will watch out for a reply. Failed with the photo but will try later.

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The Common Room / Re: Dorizac Family in England - Name Origin?
« on: Wednesday 19 January 22 16:02 GMT (UK)  »
Hi is this thread still active. My great great (Think) grandfather on my mother's side was Frederick Charles Dorizac born in Sheerness Kent in 1853, 1855 or 1856 - different references. He jumped ship in Wellington as a 14 year-old ships violinist - captains cabin boy (family lore). He founded the New Zealand and Australian branch of the family. We always believed the name huguenot in origin. I am presently living in France and am interested in following up any leads here.

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