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

The surname Douet is of French descent, and is of local origin, being derived from the name of the place where the original bearer lived or held land. The surname Douet is derived from the french "douhet," the word used to describe a stream. Thus, the bearer of the surname lived near a stream or small body of water. The surnames original meaning is "dweller in," or "man of" Douhet.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Douhet, Duhe, Doué, De Douet, De Douhet, Douit, Doius and many more.

First found in the western region of Brittany, where the family held their ancestral seat.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Douet research. Another 128 words(9 lines of text) covering the years 1686 and 1688 are included under the topic Early Douet History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 30 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Douet Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Sebastien Douet who arrived in Quebec in 1657; Jean de Douhet de la Riviere de Lestrang who settled in Quebec in 1683; and James Duhe who settled in Baltimore in 1840..

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  • Jacques Douet, French painter
  • René Douet, who worked on the French railroads throughout the early 20th century


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  6. De Ville, Winston. Gulf Coast Colonials, A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1999. Print.
  7. Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
  8. Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
  9. Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore. Print.
  10. Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Illustrations to the Armorial general by J. B. Rietstap 6 volumes in 3. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1976. Print.
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The Douet Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Douet 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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