Courtier Surname History

Origins Available:
France

Early Origins of the Courtier family

The surname Courtier was first found in Languedoc.

Early History of the Courtier family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Courtier research. Another 83 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1476, 1500, 1508, 1626, 1673, 1692, 1695, 1721, 1772, 1790, 1797, 1821, 1855 and 1893 are included under the topic Early Courtier History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Courtier Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Courteau, Court, Lecourt, Courtat, Courtot, Courtet, Courtin, Courtaud, Courtaux, Courtault, Courteau, Courtiau, Courtas, Courte, Courtade, Courtais, Courteault, Courteilles, Courton, Courtier, Courtin and many more.

Early Notables of the Courtier family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was

Thomas-Ambroise Courtier was a Baron and camp Marshall in 1772

Courtier Ranking

In France, the name Courtier is the 7,725^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Courtier migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Courtier Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Win Courtier, who arrived in Virginia in 1633 2
Lewis De Courtier, who arrived in Virginia in 1656 2
William Courtier, who landed in Maryland in 1664 2

Courtier 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:

Courtier Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Richard Courtier, aged 21, a mason, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Maraval" in 1879
Mr. Richard Courtier, (b. 1857), aged 21, Cornish mason departing on 15th October 1878 aboard the ship "Maraval" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 17th January 1879 3

Citations +

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)
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, April 30). Emigrants to Auckland 1872-80 [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/new_zealand_assisted.pdf