Show ContentsFory History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Fory family

The surname Fory was first found in Guyenne where this eminent family held a family seat from very early times. Literally the name means "blacksmith" from the Latin word "faber."

Early History of the Fory family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fory research. Another 169 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1453, 1520, 1529, 1682, 1700, 1710, 1800, 1830, 1843, 1845, 1850 and 1924 are included under the topic Early Fory History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Fory Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Faurie, Fauries, Fauri, Faury, Forie, Fories, Fori, Fory, Forry, Faurrie, Faurries, Faurri, Faurry, Forrie, Forries and many more.

Early Notables of the Fory family

Notable amongst the name was Jean-Alexandre Faurie, Procurator for the seneschal of Puy during the 1700's.Jean-Baptiste Faure was the son of a singer in the church at Moulins, where he was born Jan. 15, 1830. When he was 3 the family removed to Paris, and when he was 7 his father died. In 1843 he entered the solfeggio class in the Conservatoire, and soon after the maîtrise of the Madeleine, where he was under Trevaux, an excellent teacher, to whom he owes his sound knowledge of music. After the breaking of...
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United States Fory migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fory Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • A Fory, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 1


  1. 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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