Brehaut History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Brehaut family

The surname Brehaut was first found in Lorraine where this distinguished family held a family seat, and the main stem of this aristocratic family were elevated to the nobility on the 4th July 1622. They became the Marquis de Brie.

In Champagne they held a family seat in Camprond and intermarried with the distinguished family of Sablonnière. They branched westward into Brittany where they were elevated to the nobility as the Barons de Retz. From this point they moved south to Anjou and held a family seat at Serrant. They also branched to Limousin where they held estates. The family also established a house in Bourgogne at Brochardiere.

Jean LaBrie, son of Louis and Jeanne, travelled from France to Canada in the 17th century. After arriving in Quebec he married Marie-Xainte Boucher, daughter of Pierre and Marie, at Château-Richer on 7th November 1689. 1

Early History of the Brehaut family

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Brehaut Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Labrie, Labre, Labree, Labret, L'Abri, Brie, DeBrie, Debrie, Dubray, Brehaut, Briart and many more.

Early Notables of the Brehaut family

Notable in the family name was Dick Theodore De Brie (1528-1598), French engraver, born at Liege in 1528, and worked for the greater part of his life at Frankfort. "He was for some years in London, and did work here which makes his name of some interest to the English student. He engraved the plates to Boissard's 'Roman Antiquities,' published in four volumes. " 2Étienne Briard was an engraver of music, born at Bar-le-Duc towards the end of the 15th century, settled at Avignon in 1530. He replaced the square characters hitherto in use by round ones, and devised a simple...
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Brehaut migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Brehaut Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Ernest Henry Brehaut, aged 23, originally from Guernsey, who arrived in New York in 1904 aboard the ship "Saint Paul" from Southampton, England 3
Clifford Brehaut, aged 24, originally from Guernsey, Channel Islands, who arrived in New York in 1920 aboard the ship "Adriatic" from Southampton, England 3
May Brehaut, aged 23, originally from Guernsey, Channel Islands, who arrived in New York in 1920 aboard the ship "Adriatic" from Southampton, England 3
Andre Brehaut, aged 26, originally from Le Havre, France, who arrived in New York in 1920 aboard the ship "France" from Le Havre, France 3
Alfred Brehaut, aged 39, originally from Catel, Guernsey, who arrived in New York City, New York in 1920 aboard the ship "Adriatic" from Southampton, England 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Brehaut (post 1700) +

Jeff Brehaut (b. 1963), American professional golfer who has had over 3,700,000 in career earnings on the PGA Tour
Richard Brehaut (b. 1991), American former college football quarterback
Ashley Brehaut (b. 1980), Australian badminton player at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Stuart Brehaut (b. 1978), Australian badminton player at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 1998, 2002, 2006 Commonwealth Games
Pierre "Peter" Brehaut (1764-1817), Guernsey-born, Canadian businessman and politician represented Quebec County in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1814 to 1817
Gregory John "Greg" Brehaut (1946-1993), Australian rules football player and coach who played with the Perth Football Club
Stanley Brehaut Ryerson (1911-1998), Canadian historian, educator and political activist

Historic Events for the Brehaut family +

Air New Zealand Flight 901

Mr. Ronald Thomas Brehaut (1940-1979), New Zealander passenger, from Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand aboard the Air New Zealand Flight 901 for an Antarctic sightseeing flight when it flew into Mount Erebus; he died in the crash 4

Citations +

Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
Ellis Island Search retrieved 15th November 2022. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result
Mount Erebus, Memorial, Roll of Remembrance (Retrieved 2018, February 21st). Retrieved from http://www.erebus.co.nz/memorialandawards/rollofremembrance.aspx