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Early Origins of the Beausoleil family

The surname Beausoleil was first found in Provence, in the south west of 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 the Marseille 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 Beausoleil family

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Beausoleil Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Beausoleil, Beausole, Beausolier, Beausobre, Beaussart, Beausset, Belsole, Belsele and many more.

Early Notables of the Beausoleil family

Notable amongst the names at this time was

  • Martine Bertereau, also known as Baroness de Beausoleil (born c. 1600-1642), a pioneering French woman mining engineer and mineralogist who traveled extensively in Europe in search on mineral deposits

Beausoleil Ranking

In Quebec, Canada, the name Beausoleil is the 793rd most popular surname. 1


United States Beausoleil migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Beausoleil Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Charles Areus Beausoleil, who landed in Louisiana in 1718 2
  • Charles Beausoleil, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 2
  • Alexandre Beausoleil, who arrived in South Carolina in 1755 2
Beausoleil Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Theodore Beausoleil, aged 21, who arrived in America from Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1914

Canada Beausoleil migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Beausoleil Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil (1702-1765), an Acadian pioneer and resistance fighter born in Port-Royal, Acadia. In 1740 he with his brother Alexandre established a community at Boundary Creek
  • Francois-Joseph Beausoleil, who arrived in Canada in 1757
Beausoleil Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century
  • George Beausoleil, aged 36, who arrived in Montreal, Canada, in 1913

Contemporary Notables of the name Beausoleil (post 1700) +

  • Frédéric Beausoleil, French designer and retailer of glasses, who launched Lunettes ausoleil in 1987
  • Joseph Malboeuf, dit Beausoleil (1752-1823), Canadian farmer, blacksmith and politician who represented Effingham in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1810 to 1820
  • Joseph Beausoleil (1702-1765), also known as Broussard, Acadian leader in Acadia, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick who led the Mi'kmaq and Acadian militias against the British in King George's War, Father Le Loutre's War and the French and Indian War
  • Cléophas Beausoleil (1845-1904), Canadian journalist, publisher, office holder, lawyer, and politician, Member of the Canadian Parliament for Berthier (1887-1899)


  1. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
  2. 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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