Longchamps History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Longchamps family

The surname Longchamps was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family has held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Longchamps family

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Longchamps Spelling Variations

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Early Notables of the Longchamps family

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Longchamps migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Longchamps Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Francois Longchamps, aged 24, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 1
Louis Longchamps, who settled in New York State in 1775
Louis Longchamps, who arrived in New York in 1798 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Longchamps (post 1700) +

Gaston Albert Gohierre de Longchamps (1842-1906), French mathematician, known for his geometric de Longchamps point
Baron Michel Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (1813-1900), Belgian liberal politician and scientist
Baron Jean Michel P.M.G. de Selys Longchamps DFC (1912-1943), Belgian noble and World War II RAF fighter pilot, best known for his 1943 aerial attack on the Gestapo headquarters in Brussels in occupied Belgium
Sybille de Selys Longchamps (b. 1941), Belgian aristocrat

Citations +

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)