Grandmaison History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Grandmaison family

The surname Grandmaison was first found in Ile-de-France.

Early History of the Grandmaison family

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Grandmaison Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Grandmaison, Grandmaisons, Grand Maison and many more.

Early Notables of the Grandmaison family

Notable amongst the family was

Thomas-Auguste Le Roy de Grandmaison, born in 1715, who was a Brigadier in 1763, Lieutenant-General in 1787 and, finally, general. Joseph-Marie-Jean Jouye de Grandmaison was deputy in 1762. Pierre-Cha...
Henri de Grandmaison, born in Etampes in 1834, was a drawer and pursued a career in the army which brought him up to the level of Colonel. Charles-George-Paul Millin de Grandmaison was a sculptor in P...
François-Jules-Louis Loyzeau de Grandmaison, a general, born in 1861, was killed by the enemy near Soissons (Aisne) in 1915
Louis-Joseph-Armand Loyzeau de Grandmaison was an archivist in Tours in 1864
Léonce Loyzeau de Grandmaison was a Jesuit in Paris in 1868
Georges-Charles-Alfred-Marie Millin de Grandmaison was a Parisian deputy in 1863 and was elected mayor of Montreuil-Bellay in 1892. The following year he was elected deputy of Maine-et-Loire and was t...
Robert-Georges-Camille-Marie Millin de Grandmaison was a deputy in Paris in 1896
Jean Allard de Grandmaison was a deputy in Nantes in 1945 and was elected municipal councillor of Machecoul and mayor of the commune from 1953 to 1970

Grandmaison migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Grandmaison Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Grandmaison, who arrived in Savanna(h), Georgia in 1806 1

Grandmaison Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Marius Eugene Grandmaison, aged 52, who landed in America from Paris, France, in 1921

Grandmaison migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Grandmaison Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Laurens Grandmaison, who landed in Montreal in 1662
Pierre Grandmaison married in 1668 in Montreal
Nicole Grandmaison married in 1694 in Quebec

Grandmaison Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Jean-Nicolas Grandmaison married in 1730 in Chateauguay, Quebec
Jean-Nicolas Grandmaison, son of Jean and Catherine, who married Anne Primot, daughter of Charles and Barbe, in Châteauguay, Quebec on 7th January 1736 2
Jean-Baptiste Grandmaison married in 1750 in Acadia
Ignace Grandmaison worked in Chateauguay, Quebec in 1762
Charles Grandmaison, son of Jean-Baptiste and Marguerite, who married Marie-Euphrosine Laplante, daughter of Jean and Marie-Catherine, in Kamouraska, Quebec on 6th July 1778 2
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Contemporary Notables of the name Grandmaison (post 1700) +

Wilfred Grandmaison, American Democratic Party politician, Member of New Hampshire State House of Representatives from Nashua 8th Ward; Elected 1938 3
J. Joseph Grandmaison, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1972; Candidate for U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1976 3
Alfred P. Grandmaison, American politician, Delegate to New Hampshire State Constitutional Convention from Nashua 8th Ward, 1956 3
Madeleine Jouye de Grandmaison (b. 1938), née Nol, a French politician, member of the Martinican Democratic Rally
Louis Loyzeau de Grandmaison (1861-1915), French General during World War I, Chief of Operations for the General Staff
Aubin-Louis Millin de Grandmaison (1759-1818), French antiquary and naturalist
François-Auguste Parseval- Grandmaison (1759-1834), French poet
Didier Lecour Grandmaison (1889-1917), French World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories
Olivier LeCour Grandmaison (b. 1960), French historian
Mike Grandmaison (b. 1954), Canadian nature photographer specializing in landscapes, plants and wildlife

Sources +

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)
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 1, Institut Drouin, 1958.
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 2) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html