Chol History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

The ancestral home of the Chol family is in Anjou, France. Chol was derived from the baptismal name Charles, which stems from the Old French name, Charlys.

Early Origins of the Chol family

The surname Chol was first found in Anjou, a former county, duchy and province centred on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France where the family was established in a seigniory, which became a marquisate in 1677, in favor of de Colbert.

Early History of the Chol family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chol research. Another 223 words (16 lines of text) covering the years 1212, 1222, 1292, 1633, 1639, 1706, 1722, 1731, 1739, 1744, 1747, 1762, 1775, 1779, 1786, 1792, 1794, 1798, 1809, 1810, 1822, 1826, 1868 and 1892 are included under the topic Early Chol History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Chol Spelling Variations

History has changed the spelling of most surnames. During the early development of the French language in the Middle Ages, a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there spelling variations of the name Chol, some of which include Cholet, de Cholet, Cholette, Chollet, de Chollet and many more.

Early Notables of the Chol family

Notable amongst the name was

Gervais Chollet, a calligrapher, who was born in 1639 in Azé, and who died in 1706
Godefroi-Ernest de Chollet (1722-1792), a lieutenant-general
François Armand Cholet (1747-1826), and his son, Jules, born in Paris in 1798, both politicians
his grandson, Armand-Pierre, who was qualified count of Cholet, and who published "Voyage in Turquie d'Asie" (1892)

Chol migration to the United States +

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Migration was slow. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name Chol has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Chol were

Chol Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Francois Chol, who arrived in St Clair County, Illinois in 1845 1

Citations +

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)