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

Noble surnames, such as Levie, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the French people. The original bearer of the name Levie, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful Ile de France region. In France, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate.The Levie family originally derived its surname from the name of the place in Levy Saint Nom in Ile de France.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Lévis, Lévi, Lévie, Le Vie, de Lévis, de Lévie, de Lévis, Lévy, Levison, Levisonne, Levisonnes, Levisson, Levissonne, Levissonnes, Levisons, Levissons, Levisont, Levisonts, Levisond, Levisonds, Levey, Lévee, Levis and many more.

First found in Ile-de-France, where this remarkable family has been traced since the 12th century.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Levie research. Another 277 words(20 lines of text) covering the years 1230, 1400, 1720, and 1787 are included under the topic Early Levie History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 25 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Levie 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: Mary Levis settled in Charles Town, South Carolina in 1767; Elizabeth Levis, aged 24; settled in Philadelphia in 1820; C. B. Levison settled in Philadelphia in 1858.

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The Levie Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Levie 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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