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Early Origins of the Laramie family

The surname Laramie was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire département, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where this distinguished family held a family seat from ancient times, and were important members of the aristocracy.

About the 14th century they branched south into Languedoc on the south coast of France and also to the north-east on the border with Belgium where they held a family seat in the province of Liège. They also branched to Dombes on the Rhône in the south-east of France. They flourished on their estates until the French Revolution in 1789 when many aristocrats lost their lands. La Ramée and the Phantom is a French fairy tale collected by Achille Millien and Paul Delarue.

Jean-Baptiste Laramee, born in 1730, came to New France in the 18th century. After arriving in Canada he married Marguerite Sylvain on 14th March 1759. They settled together in Quebec until Jean-Baptiste's death on 26th October 1786. 1

Early History of the Laramie family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Laramie research. Another 59 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1515, 1572 and 1717 are included under the topic Early Laramie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Laramie Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Laramée, Laramee, Laramey, Laramy, Ramée, Ramee and many more.

Early Notables of the Laramie family

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Laramie Ranking

In the United States, the name Laramie is the 12,388th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2


United States Laramie migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Laramie Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Albert Laramie, aged 19, who arrived in New York in 1920 aboard the ship "Bay Head" from Gibraltar, Spain 3
  • Alfred Laramie, aged 19, who arrived in New York in 1920 aboard the ship "W. H. Tilford" from Tampico, Mexico 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Laramie (post 1700) +

  • Jacques Laramie (1784-1821), also spelt La Ramee, Laramée, La Ramie, La Rami, La Remy, and others, a French-Canadian coureur des bois, frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, hunter, explorer, and mountain man who lived in what is now the U.S. state of Wyoming, eponym of the Laramie River and the city of Laramie, Wyoming


  1. Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
  2. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  3. Ellis Island Search retrieved 15th November 2022. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result


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