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

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Forel, Forelle, Forelles, Faurel, Faurelle, Faurelles, Forels, Faurels, de Forel, de Forelle, de Forelles, de Faurel, de Faurelle, de Faurelles, de Forels, de Faurels, Farrel and many more.

First found in Provence where this family held a family seat from very early times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Defore research. Another 263 words(19 lines of text) covering the years 1329, 1361, 1381, 1480, 1517, 1600, 1613, 1664, 1680, 1686, 1704, 1708, and 1711 are included under the topic Early Defore History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 20 words(1 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Defore Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Defore Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • George Defore, aged 26, who arrived at Ellis Island destined for Dubuque, in 1900
  • Oscar Bennett Defore, aged 35, who arrived at Ellis Island destined for New York, in 1905
  • Fortunato Defore, aged 20, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1919

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  • Don DeFore (1913-1993), American actor who played in many films in the 1940s and 1950s


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  1. Vaillancourt, Emile. La Conquete du Canada par les Normands. Biographie de la premiere generation Normande du Canada. Montreal: G. Ducharme, 1930. Print.
  2. Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
  3. Guérard, Albert Léon. France: a Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1959. Print.
  4. Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
  5. de la Porte, A. Tresor Heraldique. Paris: F. Casterman, 1864. Print.
  6. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
  7. Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
  8. Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
  9. Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
  10. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
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The Defore Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Defore 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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