Dumoulin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Dumoulin family

The surname Dumoulin was first found in Gascony (French: Gascogne), an area of southwest France bordering Spain, that was part of the "Province of Guyenne and Gascony" prior to the French Revolution, where this ancient family held a family seat since olden times.

Early History of the Dumoulin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dumoulin research. Another 306 words (22 lines of text) covering the years 1251, 1312, 1400, 1500, 1566, 1568, 1599, 1601, 1606, 1658, 1675, 1676, 1680, 1684, 1698, 1789, 1791 and 1793 are included under the topic Early Dumoulin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Dumoulin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Moulin, Moulins, Moullin, Moullins, Mulin, Mullin, Mulins, Mullins, Moulain, Moulains, Moullain, Moullains, Mulain, Mulains, Mulllain and many more.

Early Notables of the Dumoulin family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

Charles Dumoulin (1500-1566), a French jurist, born in Paris

Dumoulin Ranking

In Quebec, Canada, the name Dumoulin is the 601^st most popular surname. 1 However, in France, the name Dumoulin is ranked the 431^st most popular surname with an estimated 9,934 people with that name. 2

Dumoulin migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dumoulin Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Peter DuMoulin, who settled in South Carolina in 1682
Peter DuMoulin, who landed in South Carolina in 1682 3

Dumoulin Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Jean Dumoulin, aged 30, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 3
Jean Dumoulin, who settled in Louisiana in 1719
Sylvestre Dumoulin, who settled in America in 1746

Dumoulin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Franklin Dumoulin, who settled in Baltimore in 1815
C. M. Dumoulin, who settled in Charles Town [Charleston], South Carolina in 1821
Alfred Dumoulin, who arrived in America in 1841
Heinz Dumoulin, who arrived in America sometime between 1844 and 1897
Jean-Baptiste Dumoulin, who settled in America sometime between 1844 and 1897

Contemporary Notables of the name Dumoulin (post 1700) +

Daniel Lynn Dumoulin (b. 1953), American former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
Brian Dumoulin (b. 1991), American NHL ice hockey defenceman from Biddeford, Maine
Pierre Charles Dumoulin, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 4
Charles Dumoulin, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 5
Yves Cornic- Dumoulin (1731-1801), French naval officer and admiral who took part in the Battle of Groix
Louis-Jules Dumoulin (1860-1924), French artist and painter
Franck Dumoulin (b. 1973), French Olympic gold medalist pistol shooter at the 2000 Summer Olympics from Bordeaux, France
Heinrich Dumoulin S.J. (1905-1995), Jesuit theologian and author
Samuel Dumoulin (b. 1980), French professional road bicycle racer
Pierre-Benjamin Dumoulin (1799-1856), Lower Canada seigneur, lawyer, judge and politician
... (Another 3 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
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)
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 25) Pierre Dumoulin. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 25) Charles Dumoulin. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html