Show ContentsCharle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Charle family

The surname Charle was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy.

Early History of the Charle family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Charle research. Another 72 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1240, 1431, 1566, 1630, 1686, 1720, 1752, 1753, 1757 and 1792 are included under the topic Early Charle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Charle Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Charle, Charles, Charlon, Carle, Carlo, Charlet, Charléty, Charlin, Charlot, Charlotte, Charley, Charlemagne, Charlemaine, Charlemont and many more.

Early Notables of the Charle family

Notable amongst the family in this period was

  • Sulpicien Charlemagne was a lawyer in Bologne in 1566
  • Georges Charlet was a poet in 1630
  • Etienne Charlet was general at Dijon in 1752
  • Jean-Armand Charlemagne was an intellectual in Bourget in 1753
  • Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, born in Paris in 1792, studied at the Napoleon school and entered into the town council of Paris


United States Charle migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Charle Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Edmd Charle, who arrived in Virginia in 1653 1
  • John Charle, who landed in Virginia in 1664 1
Charle Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Claude Charle, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1738 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Charle (post 1700) +

  • Charle Cournoyer (b. 1991), Canadian gold and bronze medalist short track speed skater


  1. 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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