Latus History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

The name Latus has a long French heritage that first began in northwestern region of Brittany. The name is derived from when the family lived in Brittany.

Early Origins of the Latus family

The surname Latus was first found in Attilly, or in Aisne, in the district of Marteville. 1

Early History of the Latus family

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Latus Spelling Variations

Changes of spelling have occurred in most surnames. The earliest explanation is that during the early development of the French language, names were not yet fixed in spelling. Usually a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. This depended on accent, and local accents frequently changed the spelling of a name. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there are some spelling variations of the name Latus, including Latulipe, Latulippe and others.

Early Notables of the Latus family

Notable amongst this name at this time was many individuals in Canada, such as Louis Latulippe, who married in L'Ange-Gardien, Quebec in 1831; Philippe Latulippe was a captain in Repentigny in 1851; Joseph Latulippe married in Château-Richer, Quebec in 1859; Pierre Latulippe was a mason in Saint-François-De in 1871; Alexandre Latulippe was...
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Latus migration to the United States +

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Migration was slow. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name Latus has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Latus were

Latus Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Albert Latus, aged 29, who landed in New York in 1854 2

Latus migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Latus Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Thomas Latus, English convict who was convicted in Lancaster, Lancashire, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "Eden" on 27th August 1836, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Latus (post 1700) +

Jacob Latus, American politician, Member of New Jersey State House of Assembly from Passaic County, 1881 4
Mrs. Hazel Latus B.E.M., British recipient of the British Empire Medal on 8th June 2018, for voluntary service to the Arts in Bognor 5

Citations +

Dionne, N.-E., Les Canadiens-Francais Origine Des Familles. Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 1969. Print
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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 20th October 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/eden
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
"Birthday and New Year Honours Lists (1940 to 2019)." Issue 62310, 31 October 2019 | London Gazette, The Gazette, June 2018, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62310/supplement/B1