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An excerpt from www.HouseOfNames.com archives copyright © 2000 - 2012

Origins Available: French, Scottish

Where did the French Blain family come from? What is the French Blain family crest and coat of arms? When did the Blain family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Blain family history?

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Blain, Blin, Blaing, Blins, Blains, Blaint, Bling, Blaine, Blint, Blein, Blaie, Bleis, de Blain and many more.

First found in Brittany where the family were originated in early times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Blain research. Another 139 words(10 lines of text) covering the years 1830 and 1893 are included under the topic Early Blain History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Blain Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Blain Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Eliza Blain who settled in New York in 1774
  • Leonard Blain, who arrived in America in 1795

Blain Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Peter Blain settled in Philadelphia in 1805
  • Robert Blain, aged 29, arrived in Tennessee in 1812
  • Thomas Blain, aged 31, arrived in New York in 1812
  • Andrew Blain, who arrived in Charleston, SC in 1813
  • John Blain settled in New Orleans in 1820


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  • Alexandre Blain III, American Surgeon and Educator
  • Gérard Blain (1930-2000), French Actor, Director, and Writer
  • David Blain (b. 1832), Canadian politician, Member of the Canadian House of Commons
  • David Blain, Lawyer in Toronto, Senior Member of the firm of Blain, Ferguson and Parkinson, Canada
  • Richard Blain (b. 1857), Canadian politician, Members of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Brian Blain, Australian film and television actor
  • Tony Elston Blain (b. 1962), New Zealand Cricketer


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  1. Guérard, Albert Léon. France: a Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1959. Print.
  2. Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
  3. Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
  4. Vaillancourt, Emile. La Conquete du Canada par les Normands. Biographie de la premiere generation Normande du Canada. Montreal: G. Ducharme, 1930. Print.
  5. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
  6. Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
  7. Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
  8. Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
  9. D'Hozier Charles. Armorial Général de France. Paris: Dillon, 1875. Print.
  10. Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore. Print.
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The Blain Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Blain Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 27 October 2010 at 13:20.

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