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Early Origins of the Delagrange family

The surname Delagrange was first found in Champagne.

Early History of the Delagrange family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Delagrange research. Another 30 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1325, 1402, 1510, 1572, 1576, 1625, 1628, 1675, 1680, 1734, 1738, 1761, 1830, 1838, 1870, 1877, 1883, 1905, 1920 and 1940 are included under the topic Early Delagrange History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Delagrange Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Granger, Grangier, Grangé, Grangié, Grange, Granche, Grancher, Grangeon, Granjon, Grangheon, Grangeaud, Grangerat and many more.

Early Notables of the Delagrange family

Notable amongst the family during this period was Jean de La Grange (Jean de Lagrange), (c. 1325-1402), French prelate and politician, during the reigns of Charles V and Charles VI, important member of the papal curia at Avignon; Granger (c. 1680s-1734), born Tourtechot, was a French physician and traveler; Jean Grangeret, born in Vezet (Haute-Sarne) in 1738, who was a general; Louis Grange was an episcopal vicar around 1761; Lucie-Anne Poujoulas or Mrs Adolphe Grange, born in 1838, was a writer; Pierre-Eugène...
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Delagrange Ranking

In France, the name Delagrange is the 8,617th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 1


United States Delagrange migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Delagrange Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Jost DeLaGrange, who landed in Delaware in 1656 2
  • Joost DeLaGrange, who arrived in Delaware in 1662 2
  • Omie DeLaGrange, who arrived in New York in 1664 2
Delagrange Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jean Janson DeLagrange, who arrived in Louisiana in 1718-1724 2
  • Jean Sanson DeLaGrange, aged 26, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Delagrange (post 1700) +

  • Ferdinand Léon Delagrange (1872-1910), French sculptor and aviator who on 30 December 1909, had broken all speed records at Juvisy-sur-Orge in France; he died from a fall on 4 January 1910 in Bordeaux of his monoplane flying in a gusty wind
  • Sébastien Delagrange (b. 1974), French professional golfer who has had 6 professional wins on the European Tour and Challenge Tour
  • Joseph Louis de Lagrange (1736-1813), French mathematician


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. 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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