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![Show Contents]() Marguerite History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 France
Early Origins of the Marguerite familyThe surname Marguerite was first found in Languedoc, in the south of France, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Nimes and Toulouse and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility. Early History of the Marguerite familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Marguerite research. Another 55 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Marguerite History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Marguerite Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Marguerite, Margeride, Margaride, Margalide, Margerit, Marguerie, Marguery, Margry, Margrette, Margeridon, Marguerin, Margeron, Margulius, Margotin, Marguet and many more. Early Notables of the Marguerite familyMore information is included under the topic Early Marguerite Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Marguerite RankingIn France, the name Marguerite is the 5,835th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1 Migration of the Marguerite familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: including many of the name who migrated to the New World from the mid 17th century onward.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Marguerite (post 1700) | + |
- Florence Marguerite Knoll Bassett (1917-2019), née Schust, an American architect, interior designer, furniture designer, co-founder with her husband of Knoll, the furniture company
- Joanna Marguerite Wardlaw CBE, FRSE, FMedSci (b. 1958), English-born, Scottish physician, radiologist, and academic, specialising in neuroradiology and pathophysiology, Professor of Applied Neuroimaging at the University of Edinburgh (2002-)
- Jacques Marguerite Pilotte, Baron de La Barolière, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 2
- Jacques Marguerite Étienne de Fornier, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
- Meghan Marguerite McCain (b. 1984), American columnist and author, daughter of U.S. Senator John McCain
- Lilian Marguerite Medland (1880-1955), Australian nurse and illustrator, best known for her paintings in Gregory Mathews' books on Australian birds
- Renaude Marguerite Lapointe (1912-2002), Canadian senator for Mille Isles, Quebec (1971-1987)
- Marguerite "Margot" Ruddock (1907-1951), best known by her stage name Margot Collis, an English actress, poet and singer who had a brief affair with W. B. Yeats
- Marguerite Thérèse Jauzelon (1917-2023), French teacher and volunteer paramedic during World War II
- Marguerite Andersen CM (1924-2022), German-born, Canadian francophone writer and educator writer based in Toronto, Ontario
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