Laboeuf History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Laboeuf

The ancestral home of the Laboeuf family is the French region of Auvergne. Laboeuf was a name for someone who lived in Auvergne.

Early Origins of the Laboeuf family

Early History of the Laboeuf family

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Laboeuf Spelling Variations

The many different spellings of French surnames can be partially explained by the use of local dialects and by the influence of other languages during the early development of the French language. As a result of these linguistic and cultural influences, the name Laboeuf is distinguished by a number of regional variations. The many spelling variations of the name include Leboeuf, Lebeuf, Le Boeuf, Le Beuf and others.

Early Notables of the Laboeuf family

Notable amongst the family was the abbey Jean Lebeuf, a French historian born in Auxerre in 1687, who lived until 1760. He was from one of the most ancient families of Auxerre. He followed an ecclesiastic career and became canon and a canter of the cathedral in his native town. He traveled to many parts of France in order to examine precious relics and ancient monuments, and in 1745 became a member of the Academie des Inscriptions. Louis Lebeuf was also prominent at this time. A financier and French...
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Migration of the Laboeuf family

French settlers came early to North American, following in the wake of the explorers, and creating New France. Quebec City, founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain is said to have been the first American site founded as a permanent settlement, rather than as just a commercial outpost. But emigration was slow, in 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 French people in Quebec, and by 1663, when the region was officially made The Royal Colony of New France, by Louis XIV, there still only around 500 settlers. Over 2,000 would arrive during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. Youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted immigrants, both noble and commoner from France. By 1675, there were around 7000 French in the colony, and by that same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. Despite the loss of the Colony to England, the French people flourished in Lower Canada. Among settlers to North America of the Laboeuf surname were Jacques Le Beuf, who married in Quebec in 1667; Pierre Le Boeuf-Boutet married in Montreal in 1695; Jean Le Boeuf worked in Saint-Sulpice in 1781; Theodore Le Boeuf lived in British Columbia in 1881..