Lamotte History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Lamotte family

The surname Lamotte was first found in Lorraine where this distinguished family held a family seat, and were members of the aristocracy of that region from the year 1534.

Early History of the Lamotte family

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Lamotte Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: De Lamoth, Lamoth, LaMoth, LaMothe, Lamoth, Lamothe, Mothe and many more.

Early Notables of the Lamotte family

Notable in the family name was

Pierre de St. Paul, Sieur de La Motte (Pierre La Motte or Pierre Lamotte) (d. 1685), French captain of a company of the Carignan-Salieres Regiment that was dispatched to New France (Canada) in 1665 by...

Lamotte Ranking

In the United States, the name Lamotte is the 16,463^rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Lamotte is ranked the 797^th most popular surname with an estimated 6,303 people with that name. 2

Lamotte migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lamotte Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Dominique Lamotte, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 3
Pierre Lamotte, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 3
Iohannes Lamotte, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749 3

Lamotte migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lamotte Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Élie Lamotte, son of Claude and Léonarde, who married Geneviève Leverd, daughter of Jean and Françoise, in Lachenaie, Quebec on 7th November 1688 4
François-Louis Lamotte, who married Marie-Anne Leroux, daughter of François and Marie, in Charlesbourg, Quebec on 28th January 1697 4

Lamotte Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Jacques-Marie Lamotte, son of Jean and Anne, who married Geneviève Laisné, daughter of Bernard and Anne, in Quebec on 9th April 1720 4
Jean Lamotte, son of Jean and Anne, who married Françoise Glinel, daughter of Jacques and Marie, in Quebec on 26th May 1721 4
Pierre Lamotte, son of Pierre and Catherine, who married Charlotte Boisdoré, daughter of François-Jean and Françoise, in Quebec on 4th November 1725 4
Louis Lamotte, son of François and Marie-Anne, who married Marie-Charlotte Alard, daughter of Jean-François and Marie-Ursule, in Beauport, Quebec on 29th October 1727 4
François Lamotte, son of François-Louis and Marie-Anne, who married Marie Nolin, daughter of Jacques and Marie, in Quebec on 25th July 1736 4
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Contemporary Notables of the name Lamotte (post 1700) +

Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873-1961), American nurse, journalist and author
Marguerite De La Motte (1902-1950), American silent film actress from Duluth, Minnesota, best known for her roles in The Mark of Zorro and The Three Musketeers with Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Francis Henry de la Motte (d. 1781), or François Henri de la Motte, a French citizen and ex-French army officer executed in London for High Treason on 27 July 1781; some say his life was the inspiration of the trial scene of Charles Darnay in A Tale of Two Cities
Edme-Joachim Bourdois de La Motte (1754-1835), French doctor, close friend of Napoleon Bonaparte who gave him the charge of the first physician to King of Rome
Camille du Bois de la Motte (b. 1794), French marchioness
Nicholas de la Motte (1755-1831), French adventurer known for his part as a swindler in the affair of the diamond necklace, an incident in the 1780s at the court of Louis XVI; his exploits were portrayed in the movie The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
Comtesse de la Motte (1756-1791), born Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, a notorious French adventuress and thief, wife of Nicholas de la Motte
Bernard Lamotte (1903-1983), Paris-born artist, illustrator, painter and muralist
Count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte (1720-1791), French admiral
Mado Lamotte, stage name of Luc Provost, a Montreal drag queen, author, singer and gay community personality
... (Another 5 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 2, Institut Drouin, 1958.