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Early Origins of the Fares family

The surname Fares was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France 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 Dijonnais 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.

Early History of the Fares family

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Fares Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Veirs, Vers, Veires, Fers, Fehrs, Feirs, Vehrs, Viers, Veirz, Feirz, Verz, Vair, Vairs, Veurs, Vayers, Vayres, Feuers, Veirz, Veurz and many more.

Early Notables of the Fares family

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Fares migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fares Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Roger Fares, who landed in Maryland in 1670 1
Fares Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Catherine Fares, who settled in America in 1721
Fares Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Mary Fares, who arrived in New York, NY in 1815 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Fares (post 1700) +

  • Nabile Farès (1940-2016), Algerian-born French novelist


  1. 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)


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