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

Normandy is the region of ancient France from which the name labrecque was derived. It comes from when the family lived in Normandy.

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One can encounter great variation in the spelling of French surnames; in part, as spelling, and the spelling names was not yet standardized during the early development of the written French language. Later, there was much branching and movement of families, and spellings would change according to region. Variations of the name labrecque include Brechard, Bréchard, Brèche, Breche, Brechais, Brechet, Brecher, Labrechard, Labréchard, Labrèche, Labrechais, Labrechet, Labrecher, Brequard, Bréquard, Brecque, Brèque, Brequais, Brequet, Brequer, Labreque, Labrèque, Labrecque, Labréquais, Labroque, Labrocque, Labroquère, Bregard, Brégard, Breguais, Breguet and many more.

First found in Normandy, where this distinguished family held a family seat in ancient times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our labrecque research. Another 188 words(13 lines of text) covering the years 1634, 1664, 1747, 1804, 1820, 1823, 1880, and 1883 are included under the topic Early labrecque History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early labrecque Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Approximately 110 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. France gave land incentives for 2,000 migrants during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. Migration to New France (Quebec) continued from France until it fell in 1759. In the year 1675 the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The distinguished family name labrecque has made significant contributions to the culture, arts, sciences and religion of France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name labrecque were

labrecque Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • Joseph Jerome Labrecque, aged 39, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1910
  • Rose Labrecque, aged 48, who arrived at Ellis Island destined for Manchester, N H, in 1920
  • Theophile J. Labrecque, aged 58, who arrived at Ellis Island destined for Manchester, N.H., in 1921
  • Cyrille Labrecque, aged 41, who arrived at Ellis Island from Paris, France, in 1923

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  • Theodore Joseph Labrecque (d. 1999), American lawyer, New Jersey Superior Court Judge
  • Thomas Labrecque (1938-2000), American banker, chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation
  • Richard Joseph Labrecque, American industrial company executive, Kansas
  • Jean-Claude Labrecque CM CQ (b. 1938), Canadian BAFTA nominated director and cinematographer
  • Patrick Labrecque (b. 1971), retired Canadian goaltender
  • Albertine Morin- Labrecque (1886-1957), Canadian pianist, soprano, composer, and music educator
  • Michel-Thomas Labrecque (1849-1932), Canadian Roman Catholic bishop


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The labrecque Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The labrecque 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 10 May 2012 at 07:34.

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