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

From the historical and enchanting region of France emerged a multitude of notable family names, including that of the distinguished larousse family. Originally, the people in this region went by one (personal) name. Surnames evolved during the Middle Ages when people began to assume an extra name to avoid confusion and to further identify themselves. These names then began to become "fixed" or hereditary between the generations. One of the types of names adopted as surnames were those derived from nicknames. Nicknames, or "eke-names," were an added name that generally reflected some physical characteristics or other attribute of the person that used the name. The larousse surname derives from the Old French word "rous," meaning "red," or "red-haired;" and as such was a nickname for someone with red hair, or perhaps for a person with a ruddy or reddish complexion, or who dressed habitually in the color red.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Leroux, Lerout, Lerou, Leroulx, Leroud, Lerous, de Roux, Lerou, Laroux, La Roux, La Rou, La Rous and many more.

First found in Périgord, where this impressive family held a family seat since ancient times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our larousse research. Another 352 words(25 lines of text) covering the years 1372, 1389, 1404, 1429, 1555, 1631, 1668, 1788, 1814, and 1829 are included under the topic Early larousse History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early larousse 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: Jan LeRou who settled in Virginia with his wife and six children in 1621; Jacob Leroux who settled in Antigua in 1679; Pierre LeRoux who settled in New York with his wife and children in 1683.

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  • Pierre Athanse Larousse (1817-1875), French grammarian and lexicographer, best known for his "Grand Larousse encyclopédique en dix volumes"


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  8. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
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The larousse Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The larousse 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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