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![Show Contents]() Beauvais History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Beauvais familyThe surname Beauvais was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Calvados and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility. Richard de Beauvais held the estates in 1128. Early History of the Beauvais familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Beauvais research. Another 91 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1502, 1572, 1731 and 1790 are included under the topic Early Beauvais History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Beauvais Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Beauvais, Beaufrey, Beaufre, Beauvois, Beauvoir, Beauval and many more. Early Notables of the Beauvais familyNotable amongst the family in this period was - François de Beauvais, Seigneur de Briquemault (c. 1502-1572), leader of the Huguenots during the first religious wars
Beauvais World RankingIn the United States, the name Beauvais is the 13,111st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in Quebec, Canada, the name Beauvais is ranked the 629th most popular surname. 2 And in France, the name Beauvais is the 965th popular surname with an estimated 5,423 people with that name. 3
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Beauvais Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Jean Beauvais, aged 17, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 4
Beauvais Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Dora Beauvais, who immigrated to the United States, in 1892
Beauvais Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Alexander Beauvais, aged 40, who settled in America from Saunois, France, in 1917
- Alexander Beauvais, aged 42, who immigrated to the United States from Paris, France, in 1919
- Alexandre Beauvais, aged 42, who immigrated to the United States from Paris, France, in 1920
- Anna Beauvais, aged 55, who settled in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1920
- Adele Beauvais, aged 40, who landed in America from Epernay, France, in 1920
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| Beauvais migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Beauvais Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century- Jacques Beauvais, who landed in Montreal in 1653
- Jeanne Beauvais, aged 21, who landed in Montreal in 1653
Beauvais Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century- Juste Beauvais, who arrived in Canada in 1713
Beauvais Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century- A.E. Beauvais, aged 30, who settled in Montreal, Canada, in 1907
- Alade Beauvais, aged 34, who settled in Montreal, Canada, in 1911
- Anita Beauvais, aged 19, who immigrated to Montreal, Canada, in 1911
- Christeana Beauvais, aged 35, who immigrated to Montreal, Canada, in 1911
- Alcide Beauvais, aged 43, who immigrated to Montreal, Can, in 1919
| Contemporary Notables of the name Beauvais (post 1700) | + |
- Garcelle Beauvais (b. 1966), American (Haitian born) television and film actress
- Lee Beauvais, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2004 5
- Armand Julie Beauvais (1783-1843), American politician, Member of Louisiana State House of Representatives; Member of Louisiana State Senate; Governor of Louisiana, 1829-30 5
- Albert L. Beauvais, American Republican politician, Candidate in primary for Delegate to Michigan State Constitutional Convention from Wayne County 13th District, 1961 5
- Charles Théodore Beauvais de Préau, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 6
- Louis-Jacques Beauvais, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 7
- Laurent Beauvais (b. 1952), French politician and the incumbent President of the Regional Council of Basse-Normandie
- René Beauvais (1795-1837), Canadian carpenter and master woodcarver from Quebec
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
- Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Charles Beauvais. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
- Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Louis-Jacques Beauvais. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
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