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

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Laforte, Lafort, Fort, Forte, Forteau, Fortier and others.

First found in Guyenne.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fort research. Another 78 words(6 lines of text) covering the years 1768, 1793, 1845, 1850, 1870, and 1890 are included under the topic Early Fort History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 83 words(6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Fort Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fort Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Marmaduke Fort, who landed in Maryland in 1653
  • John Fort, who arrived in Maryland in 1678
  • John Fort who settled in Maryland in 1685
  • John Fort settled in Maryland in 1685

Fort Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Jean Fort, aged 30, landed in Louisiana in 1720
  • Francis Fort settled in Virginia in 1736
  • Claude Fort settled in Louisiana in 1756
  • Andrew Fort, who arrived in New York in 1760
  • Andreas Fort, who came to New York in 1771

Fort Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Lewis Emanuel Fort settled in Philadelphia in 1804
  • Lewis Emanuel Fort settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1804
  • C Fort, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
  • J. A. Fort settled in San Francisco Cal. in 1852
  • J. A. Fort settled in San Francisco in 1852


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  • Charles Hoy Fort (1874-1932), American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena
  • Brigadier-General Guy Osborne Fort (1879-1942), American Commanding General Lanao Force (1942)
  • Alain Roger Louis Fort, French lawyer and deputy in Paris
  • Jean Pierre Fort, French engineer, General Controller of the army, and Director of firms in Paris
  • Jean Fort, former headmistress of Rodean


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  1. Conrad, Glenn R. The First Families of Louisiana. Baton Rouge LA: Claitor's Publishing, 1970. Print.
  2. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
  3. Doyle, William. The Oxford History of the French Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Print. (ISBN 0192852213).
  4. Guérard, Albert Léon. France: a Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1959. Print.
  5. Vaillancourt, Emile. La Conquete du Canada par les Normands. Biographie de la premiere generation Normande du Canada. Montreal: G. Ducharme, 1930. Print.
  6. Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
  7. Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
  8. Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial Général. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
  9. Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
  10. Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
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The Fort Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Fort 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.

This page was last modified on 29 February 2012 at 09:03.

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