Couillard History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

French settlers came early to North American, following in the wake of the explorers, and creating New France. Quebec City, founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain is said to have been the first American site founded as a permanent settlement, rather than as just a commercial outpost. But emigration was slow, in 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 French people in Quebec, and by 1663, when the region was officially made The Royal Colony of New France, by Louis XIV, there still only around 500 settlers. Over 2,000 would arrive 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 immigrants, both noble and commoner from France. By 1675, there were around 7000 French in the colony, and by that 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. Despite the loss of the Colony to England, the French people flourished in Lower Canada. Among settlers to North America of the Couillard surname were

Couillard Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

• Pierre Couillard, aged 47, who settled in America, in 1919
• Marcel Couillard, aged 20, who landed in America from Le Havre, France, in 1920
• Pierre Couillard, aged 48, who landed in America from Le Havre, in 1921

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Couillard Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

• Guillaume Couillard was married in 1621 in Quebec
• Guillaume Couillard, son of Guillaume and Élisabeth, who married Guillemette Hébert, daughter of Louis and Marie, in Qubec on 26th August 1621 3
• Guillaume Couillard, who landed in Quebec in 1627
• Elizabeth Couillard married in 1645 in Quebec
• Louis Couillard, son of Guillaume and Guillemette, who married Geneviève Després, daughter of Nicolas and Madeleine, in Quebec on 29th April 1653 3
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Couillard Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

• Louis Couillard, son of Louis and Geneviève, who married Marguerite Bélanger, daughter of Louis and Marguerite, in Islet, Quebec on 7th November 1712 3
• Louis Couillard, son of Louis and Geneviève, who married Louise Nolin, daughter of Jacques and Françoise, in Saint-Thomas, Quebec on 31st January 1719 3
• Jacques Couillard, son of Jacques and Élisabeth, who married Louise Boulé, daughter of Martin and Françoise, in Saint-Thomas, Quebec on 22nd November 1723 3
• Charles-Marie Couillard, son of Charles and Marie, who married Marie-Françoise Couture, daughter of Eustache and Françoise, in Beaumont, Quebec on 13th May 1726 3
• Pierre Couillard, son of Charles and Louise, who married Élisabeth Nadeau, daughter of Jean and Anne, in Beaumont, Quebec on 22nd July 1727 3
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Couillard Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century

• Arthur Couillard, aged 21, who settled in Montreal, Canada, in 1917

• Philippe Couillard (b. 1957), Canadian politician, 31st and current Premier of Quebec, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and a former university professor and neurosurgeon
• Paul Couillard (b. 1961), Canadian performance artist and new media artist, writer and curator
• Antoine-Gaspard Couillard (1789-1847), French-Canadian seigneur, physician and political figure in Lower Canada
• Guillaume Couillard (b. 1975), professional Monegasque tennis player
• Pierre Couillard, Canadian professor in the biological sciences department at the University of Montreal