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Where did the French Mainville family come from? What is the French Mainville family crest and coat of arms? When did the Mainville family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Mainville family history?

Noble surnames, such as Mainville, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the French people. The original bearer of the name Mainville, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful Ile de France region. In France, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate.The Mainville family originally derived its surname from the name of the place in the Isle of France.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Mainville, Mainvielle, Mainvilliers and others.

First found in the isle of France.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mainville research. Another 71 words(5 lines of text) covering the years 1763, 1776, 1791, 1793, and 1810 are included under the topic Early Mainville History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 156 words(11 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Mainville Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mainville Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Mrs Louis Mainville married in Barolet in 1745

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  • Constance Mainville, mathematician and teacher in Montreal
  • Pierre Mainville, Canadian politician in Montreal, Quebec


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  2. Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
  3. Conrad, Glenn R. The First Families of Louisiana. Baton Rouge LA: Claitor's Publishing, 1970. Print.
  4. Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
  5. Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore. Print.
  6. Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
  7. Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
  8. Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
  9. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
  10. Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial Général. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
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The Mainville Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Mainville Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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