| ![Show Contents]() Houle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 France Wales Early Origins of the Houle familyThe surname Houle was first found in Brittany where they held a family seat in the honor of the seigneurie of Kermossonet. "The name of Houel or Hoel is of Breton origin, as was at first, a personal denomination. The different branches of Houel, whose cradle was in the parish of Tourneur, near the town of Vire, probably had for their ancestor Breton emigrants, who established himself in this fief, of which his first descendants bore the name. In fact, we find in some of the lists of the Conquest the name of Houel, replaced in others by that of Sire de Tourneur." 1 "The descendants of the Norman Houell were seated in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, at Hillington in the former and at Ashfield in the latter. One of them, Richard Hovell, squire of the body to Henry V., was ancestor of the family of Hovell." 2 Early History of the Houle familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Houle research. Another 106 words (8 lines of text) covering the year 1096 is included under the topic Early Houle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Houle Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Houlle, Houle, Houel, Houll, du Houlle, de Houlle, Houl, Houlay, Houles and many more. Early Notables of the Houle familyMore information is included under the topic Early Houle Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Houle World RankingIn the United States, the name Houle is the 2,632nd most popular surname with an estimated 12,435 people with that name. 3 However, in Canada, the name Houle is ranked the 201st most popular surname with an estimated 18,839 people with that name. 4 And in Quebec, Canada, the name Houle is the 80th popular surname. 5
 Houle migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Houle Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Job Houle, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1682 6
Houle Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Charles Houle, aged 28, who landed in America from Paris, in 1900
- Joseph Houle, aged 29, who landed in America, in 1911
- James Charles Houle, aged 49, who immigrated to the United States from London, England, in 1916
- Alphonse Houle, aged 37, who settled in America, in 1919
- Alphonso Houle, aged 36, who immigrated to the United States, in 1919
- ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
| Houle migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Houle Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century- Louis Houle arrived from Orléannais in 1647
Houle Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century- Edward Houle, aged 44, who settled in Montreal, Canada, in 1915
- Joseph C. Houle, aged 43, who settled in Montreal, Canada, in 1923
| Contemporary Notables of the name Houle (post 1700) | + |
- John D Houle Ph.D., American Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy at Drexel University College of Medicine
- Cyril Orvin Houle Ph.D. (1913-1998), American Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of Chicago
- Raymond Houle, American politician, Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1976 7
- Henry R. Houle, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1924, 1928 7
- George E. Houle, American Democratic Party politician, Elected New Hampshire State House of Representatives from Manchester 5th Ward 1938 7
- E. J. Houle, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1972 7
- Coral Houle, American politician, Mayor of Bloomington, Minnesota, 1995-99; Appointed 1995 7
- Alfred R. Houle, American Democratic Party politician, Postmaster at Eureka, California, 1963-81 7
- Alfred Houle, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936 7
- Albert E. Houle, American Republican politician, Candidate for New Hampshire State House of Representatives from Nashua 3rd Ward, 1938 7
- ... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
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- "Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
- "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
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 14) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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