Lafosse History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Lafosse family

The surname Lafosse was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where this illustrious family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Lafosse family

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Lafosse Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Foch, Folch, Fouch, Fouche, Foche, Foulch, Les Foches, Fauch, Foshes, Faush, Faushe, Faulch, Foulsh and many more.

Early Notables of the Lafosse family

Charles de La Fosse (or Lafosse) (1636-1716), French painter, born in Paris

Lafosse Ranking

France, the name Lafosse is the 1,891^st most popular surname with an estimated 3,262 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Lafosse family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Johannes Foch settled in Philadelphia in 1754; Adolf Foshee, aged 27, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1902; Harry Foshee, aged 36, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1921.

Contemporary Notables of the name Lafosse (post 1700) +

Jacques Mathurin Lafosse, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 2

Sources +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 25) Jacques Lafosse. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html