Gache History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

Early Origins of the Gache family

The surname Gache was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy.

The name can also be traced back to the region of Picardy (French: Picardie). Prominent in early times was Arnaud de Gachon, a lawyer at the Bordeaux parliament during the sixteenth century.

Early History of the Gache family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gache research. The years 1523, 1552, 1563, 1585, 1596, 1604, 1798, 1806, 1814, 1850, 1854, 1855, 1866, 1871 and 1880 are included under the topic Early Gache History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gache Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lagace, Lagacé, Lagache, Lagasse, Gache, Gaché, Gaches, Gachet, Gachon, Lagacée and many more.

Early Notables of the Gache family

Notable amongst the family in this period was

Jacques Gaches, who was son of Pierre, a merchant born in 1523 and one of the artisans at the introduction of the Reform in Castres, consul of Castres in 1563 and first consul in 1585. Jacques was bor...
Antoine-Hyppolite Gachet, born in Bordeaux in 1798, was a surgeon. The Gache family was known for three brothers who were renowned as painters in Nantes. Vincent, the eldest, was a specialist in marit...
Joseph-Henri Gache was general controller of the army in 1880

Gache Ranking

In France, the name Gache is the 7,040^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Gache migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gache Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Domingo Gache, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1878 2

Citations +

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)