Goury History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Goury

The name Goury was spawned from the landscape of northern France known as Normandy during the Middle Ages. It comes from the Old French form of George.

Early Origins of the Goury family

Early History of the Goury family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Goury research. Another 20 words (1 lines of text) covering the year 1571 is included under the topic Early Goury History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Goury Spelling Variations

Throughout the course of history most surnames have undergone changes for many reasons. During the early development of the French language, a son and father may not have chosen to spell their name the same way. Many are simple spelling changes by a person who gave his name, phonetically, to a scribe, priest, or recorder. Many names held prefixes or suffixes which became optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, we have many spelling variations of this name, Goury some of which are Jore, Joret, Joreau, Joriau, Joriaux, Jorin, Jorel, Jori, Jory, Jorry, Jorre, Jorret, Jorioz and many more.

Early Notables of the Goury family

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Goury Ranking

In France, the name Goury is the 5,794^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Goury family

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Migration was slow. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name Goury has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Goury were Edouard Jory who settled in Virginia in 1664; and Louis Jorel de la Louisiere who was buried in Quebec in 1726.