Beaus History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

Directly translated, "le beau" means "the beautiful". One source states that the name Beau was given to those that appealed to both the eye and the mind. 1

Early Origins of the Beaus family

The surname Beaus was first found in Poitou, where Nicolas Beau, a knight, was the Lord of Sainte-Gemme and Bourgneuf in 1309.

Early History of the Beaus family

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Beaus Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Beau, Lebeau, Lebeaux, Le beaux, Lebeault and others.

Early Notables of the Beaus family

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Migration of the Beaus family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Guillaume Lebeau, who is on record in Montreal in 1643; Daniel Beau, who arrived in New York city in 1715; Augustin Le Beau, who arrived in Louisiana in 1718.

Citations +

Dionne, N.-E., Origine Des Familles Canadiennes-Français. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Print.