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![Show Contents]() Chapelle Surname History
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The French region of Forez is where Chapelle was first used as a surname. Chapelle was a name for a person who lived near a chapel or church, deriving its origin from the Old French word "chapelle," which means "chapel." Early Origins of the Chapelle familyThe surname Chapelle was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where this distinguished family has held a family seat since ancient times. Early History of the Chapelle familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chapelle research. Another 429 words (31 lines of text) covering the years 1280, 1308, 1317, 1321, 1390, 1487, 1560, 1589, 1631, 1639, 1683, 1684, 1690, 1703, 1740, 1745, 1764, 1780, 1789, 1817, 1820 and 1825 are included under the topic Early Chapelle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Chapelle Spelling VariationsThe 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 Chapelle is distinguished by a number of regional variations. The many spelling variations of the name include Lachapelle, Lachapel, Lachapelles, Chapelle, Chapel, Chapelles, Chapels, Chepel, Chepelles and many more. Early Notables of the Chapelle familyNotable amongst the family name at this time was - Vincent La Chapelle (c. 1690-1745), a French master cook who is known to have worked for Phillip Dormer Stanhope (4th Earl of Chesterfield), William IV, Prince of Orange, John V of Portugal, and Madam...
Chapelle RankingIn France, the name Chapelle is the 941st most popular surname with an estimated 5,550 people with that name. 1
 Chapelle migration to the United States | + |
In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec, in 1663 there were only 500, 2,000 migrants arrived 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 migrants, both noble and commoner from France. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the 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. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many distinguished contributions have been made by members of this family name Chapelle. It has been prominent in the arts, religion, politics and culture in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Chapelle were
Chapelle Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Guillaume Chapelle, aged 48, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 2
- Claude Chapelle, aged 37, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 2
- Eberhard Chapelle, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1751 2
- Catherine Chapelle, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1751 2
- Jean Pierre Chapelle, aged 30, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1753 2
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| Chapelle migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Chapelle Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century- Jean Chapelle, who married Geneviève Durette in Montreal in 1748
| Chapelle migration to New Zealand | + |
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include: Chapelle Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Mr. George Chapelle, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Thomas Harrison" arriving in Nelson, South Island, New Zealand on 28th October 1842 3
| Contemporary Notables of the name Chapelle (post 1700) | + |
- Dickey Chapelle (1918-1965), born Georgette Louise Meyer, American photojournalist known for her work as a war correspondent from World War II through the Vietnam War, the first American female reporter to be killed in action
- Carol Ann Chapelle (b. 1955), American linguist and Angela B. Pavitt Professor in English at Iowa State University
- Kip Chapelle, American co-fouder of Rubin & Chapelle, a New York-based fashion company founded in 1997
- Howard Irving Chapelle (1901-1975), American naval architect, and curator of maritime history at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C
- Corinne Chapelle (1976-2021), American violinist, born in California
- Antoine Pierre Joseph Chapelle, Marquis de Jumilhac, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 4
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- 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)
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
- Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 12) Antoine Chapelle. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
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