About the Bergeron-Damboise surname
The surname Bergeron-Damboise is associated with an occupational formation. The surname is linked to an old occupational name associated with the work of a shepherd. Occupational surnames often became hereditary after first identifying a person by trade or function. Bergeron-Damboise is a compound or hyphenated surname. For a particular family line, early records can show whether this form was long established or resulted from the joining of two surnames later in the family's history. In the normalization used for some LAFRANCE searches, the surname is also matched through the form “bergeron damboise”; this search variant can be useful when accents, spaces, or punctuation differ.
Pronunciation:
Bèr-je-ron-dan-bouaz/bɛʁʒəʁɔ̃dɑ̃bwaz/