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Where did the French D'aigle family come from? What is the French D'aigle family crest and coat of arms? When did the D'aigle family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the D'aigle family history?
Of all the French names to come from Normandy, D'aigle is one of the most ancient. The name is a result of the original family having lived at the castle of L'Aigle, on the River Risle.
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History has changed the spelling of most surnames. During the early development of the French language in the Middle Ages, a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there spelling variations of the name D'aigle, some of which include Daigle, Laigle, D'Aigle, L'Aigle, DeAigle and many more.First found in Normandy where this distinguished family held a family seat. Engenoulf de L'Aigle was the son of Fulbert de Beine, founder of the castle of l'Aigle on the River Risle in the arrondisement of Mortagne in Orne. Engenoulf had three sons, Roger who was slain in 1060, Richard who joined Duke William in his conquest of England and was granted the lands on which the Battle of Hastings took place, and Gilbert who was given the castle of Exmes by Duke Robert of Normandy who made him Viscount of that county. He was buried at Saint Sulpice after being mortally wounded in battle.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name D'aigle. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
France was active as a cultural leader in the early 16th century. One particular area in which they lead was the exploration of the New World. The explorers, like Jacques Cartier in 1534, led the way to North America. Champlain, in 1608, made the first of twenty voyages to France to attract settlers and brought the first migrant in 1617. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec, and the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name D'aigle has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name D'aigle were
D'aigle Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Christopher Daigle settled in Virginia in 1652
D'aigle Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Frances Daigle, who landed in Massachusetts in 1755-1768
- Freeman Daigle, who landed in Massachusetts in 1755-1768
- Jean Daigle, who arrived in South Carolina in 1755
- Jean Baptiste Daigle, who arrived in South Carolina in 1755-1756
- John Baptist Daigle, who arrived in South Carolina in 1755-1756
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- Angela Daigle (b. 1976), gold medal-winning American sprinter
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- Sylvie Daigle (b. 1962), Canadian speed skater
- Joseph Zenon Daigle (b. 1934), Canadian lawyer and a former politician and Chief Justice of New Brunswick
- France Daigle (b. 1953), award-winning Canadian author
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- Doyle, William. The Oxford History of the French Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Print. (ISBN 0192852213).
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The D'aigle Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The D'aigle 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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