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Early Origins of the Deprez family

The surname Deprez was first found in Auvergne, a historic province in south central France.

Antoine Dupre, born in 1643, son of Mathieu and Catherine, travelled from France to Canada in the 17th century. After he arrived in Quebec he married Marguerite Moutarchy, born in 1652, daughter of François and Claude, on 25th July 1672. They remained together in Quebec until Antoine's death at Château-Richer on 27th November 1686. 1

Early History of the Deprez family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Deprez research. Another 28 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1463, 1507, 1511, 1520, 1524, 1535, 1576, 1640, 1742, 1748, 1755, 1795, 1806, 1811, 1825, 1828, 1835 and 1841 are included under the topic Early Deprez History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Deprez Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dupre, Dupré, Duprat, Dupraz, Dupréel, Dupréelle, Dupréau, Duprès, Duprey, Dupray, Dupres and many more.

Early Notables of the Deprez family

Notable amongst the family was Antoine Duprat (1463-1535), a French Cardinal and politician, Chancellor of France; Guillaume Duprat, born in Issoire in 1507, who was Bishop of Clermont; Gabriel Dupréau was a theologian in 1511; Pardoux Duprat who was involved in law, was an academic and a great philosopher around 1520; Claude Duprat was bishop of Mende in 1524; Guillaume Dupré was a sculptor, medal-maker, and stone engraver who lived in Sissone around 1576; Marie Dupré...
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Deprez Ranking

In France, the name Deprez is the 1,336th most popular surname with an estimated 4,248 people with that name. 2


United States Deprez migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Deprez Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Mathieu DePrez, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1796 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Deprez (post 1700) +

  • Leon Deprez, American politician, U.S. Consular Agent in L'Orient, 1905 4
  • D. Wray DePrez, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1940 4


  1. Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. 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)
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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