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![Show Contents]() Charm History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 France
Noble surnames, such as Charm, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the French people. The original bearer of the name Charm, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Orleans. In France, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate.The Charm family originally derived its surname from the place-name Le Charme, a parish in Orléans. Early Origins of the Charm familyThe surname Charm was first found in Orléanais, where the family was established in Le Charme, a parish in the department of Loiret, in the district of Montarges. The members of the family also formed different branches and settled in other regions, especially in Limousin, in Picardy, and in Normandy. Several members of the family distinguished themselves, such as Jean-Antoine de Charnes, the dean of Villeneuve-les-Avignon, in the 17th century. This author of "Conversation sur la princesse de Clèves" (1679) and "Vie du Tasse" (1690), among other works, died at the beginning of the 18th century. Fiacre Ducharme, born in 1623, son of Toussaint and Jacqueline (née DeRoy), travelled from France to Canada around 1653. He held the title of Companion Land Clearer when he arrived in the New World and he was also involved in the battles against the Iroquois. He married Marie Pacrau, daughter of Jacques and Debora (née Bollet), at Ville-Marie on 13th January 1659. They had seven children together and remained at Ville-Marie until Fiacre's death on 17th March 1677. 1 Early History of the Charm familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Charm research. More information is included under the topic Early Charm History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Charm Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Ducharme, Decharme, Ducharne, Ducarme, Ducarne, Charme, Charmes, Charne, Charnes, Carme, Charmet, Charmay, Charmey, Charmoy, Carmoy, Carnoy, Charmil, Charmeil, Charmot, Charman, Charmon, Charmillon, Charmy and many more. Early Notables of the Charm familyNotable amongst the family at this time was - de Charmois, the secretary to the marshal of Schomberg, in the 17th century...
 Charm migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Charm Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Jacques Bernard Charm, who landed in New York in 1798 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Charm (post 1700) | + |
- Charm Altman (b. 1947), American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 2004, 2008 3
- Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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Charm migration to the United States 
