Maire History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The Maire surname is an occupational name, and was probably first borne by someone who was a town mayor.

Early Origins of the Maire family

The surname Maire was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where early records indicate that bearers of this name had long been established.

Early History of the Maire family

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Maire Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Maire, Maires, la Maire, Lamaire, Lamaires, de Maire, Mayre, Mayres, Demaire, Demaires, Le Maire, Lemaire, Lemaires, Le Mayre, Lemayre, Lemayres, de Mayre, Demayre, Demayres, Mairre, Mairres, Meire, Meirre and many more.

Early Notables of the Maire family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

Jean Le Maire, seigneur (Lord) of La Bondue, who was ennobled, and his son Jean, who was a government official in the "bailliages" d'Autun et de Montcenis, and later prosecuting attorney for duke Char...
Jean Le Maire, a skilled rider was named treasurer of France in 1586, Robert Le Maire was the chaplain of Saint-Bénigne in 1602...
Another respected bearer of this surname was Claude Augustin Maire, an army colonel, who was made a Baron of the Empire in 1813 in recognition of outstanding service...
Also of note was Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire (1798-1880), French sculptor...

Maire Ranking

In France, the name Maire is the 430^th most popular surname with an estimated 9,953 people with that name. 1

Maire migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Maire Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Casper Maire, aged 20, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1732 2

Maire Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Jose De Maire, aged 26, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1826 2
Mrs. E Maire, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
Joseph Maire, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1854 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Maire (post 1700) +

Edmond Maire (1931-2017), French labor union leader, secretary general of the French Democratic Confederation of Labour from 1971 to 1988
Simon Hubert Maire, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
Jacques Maire, French Comedian
Joyce Maire Reynolds FBA (1918-2022), British classicist and academic, specialising in Roman historical epigraphy, honorary fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge
Maire Mullen (b. 1953), winner of the 1998 Tony award for Best Actress
Maire Geoghegan-Quinn (b. 1950), Irish journalist and Government Minister and, Member of the Irish Parliament (Dáil Éireann) from 1975 until 1997
Maire O'Neill (1885-1952), Irish stage and film actress

Citations +

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)
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, April 14) Simon Maire. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html