Osonne History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Osonne

What does the name Osonne mean?

Noble surnames, such as Osonne, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the French people. The original bearer of the name Osonne, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful Guyenne region of France. In France, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The Osonne family originally lived in the village of Loison.

Early Origins of the Osonne family

The surname Osonne was first found in Guyenne where they held a family seat in the seigneurie of Caumont.

Antoine Nompar de Caumont, Duke of Lauzun, 1632-1723, who was a Lord at the Court of Louis XIV, was under house arrest for 10 years at Pignerol. During the French Revolution the Duke of Lauzun was Constable General and Marshal of France and acted as an agent between Duke de Biron and the Duke of Orléans and Mirabeau.

Gilles Lauzon, born in 1631, son of Pierre and Anne (née Boivin), travelled from Normandy (French: Normandie) to Canada in The Great Recruitment of 1653. After arriving in Quebec he married Marie Archambault, daughter of Jacques and Françoise (née Toureau), in Montreal on 27th November 1656. They remained there together until Gilles passed away on 21st September 1687. 1

Early History of the Osonne family

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Osonne Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lauzon, Lauzun, Lauzanne, L'Auzon, L'Auzon, Lauson, Lauzin and many more.

Early Notables of the Osonne family

Notable amongst the name was Duke of Lauzun, Marshall of France; Jean de Lauzon or de Lauson (1583-1666), French Governor of New France from 1651 to 1657...
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Migration of the Osonne family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Gilles Lauzon who arrived in Quebec from Normandy in 1653. Parish records from Quebec show that Jean Lauzet married in Sainte-Famille in 1669; Marguerite Lauzon married in Montreal in 1672.

Sources +

Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print