Show ContentsFrancoeur History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Notables of the Francoeur family

  • François Francoeur, violinist and composer, born at Paris in 1698. He entered the band of the Opera in 1710, was for many years a member of the king's private band, and for some time, conjointly with...

Francoeur Ranking

In Canada, the name Francoeur is the 743rd most popular surname with an estimated 7,201 people with that name. 1 However, in Quebec, Canada, the name Francoeur is ranked the 296th most popular surname. 2


United States Francoeur migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Francoeur Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Mr. Francoeur, who landed in Louisiana in 1718 3

Canada Francoeur migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Francoeur Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
  • David Francoeur, aged 20, who arrived in Canada in 1643
  • François Francoeur, son of Guillaume and Marguerite, who married Madeleine Saint-Jean in Montreal, Quebec on 25th november 1689 4
Francoeur Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Jacques Francoeur, son of Antoine and marie-Angélique, who married Marguerite Jean, daughter of Léonard and Marie, in Quebec on 12th June 1743 4
  • Joseph Francoeur, son of Antoine and Marie-Josephte, who married Marie-Geneviève Desrosiers, daughter of Joseph and Madeleine, in Saint-Cuthbert, Quebec on 18th October 1790 4
  • Alexis Francoeur, son of Joseph and Marie-Anne, who married Marie-Louise Grenon, daughter of Charles and Catherine, in Saint-Cuthbert, Quebec on 4th November 1794 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Francoeur (post 1700) +

  • Robert Thomas "Bob" Francoeur Ph.D. A.C.S. (1931-2012), American biologist and sexologist
  • Brigadier Georges Francoeur (b. 1896), Commanding Officer 2nd Canadian Base Reinforcement Group, England (1944-1945) 5
  • Harriet Francoeur Nevins (1841-1929), American philanthropist and animal rights activist


  1. "Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
  2. "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
  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. Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 1, Institut Drouin, 1958.
  5. Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, September 15) Georges Francoeur. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Francoeur/Georges/Canada.html


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