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Where did the French Mars family come from? What is the French Mars family crest and coat of arms? When did the Mars family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Mars family history?
The Mars surname comes from the Old French word "marre," meaning "a ram."
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Spelling variations of this family name include: Marre, Marres, Mar, La Marre, La Mare, La Marres, La Mares, La Mar, Maur, Maure, Maures, Maurre, Maurres, More, Mores, Morre, Mars, Maurs, Moure, Mourre, Merre, Mer, Mere and many more.First found in Burgundy, where this important family held a family seat since ancient times.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mars research. Another 375 words(27 lines of text) covering the years 1585, 1610, 1629, 1637, 1653, 1660, 1674, 1680, 1712, and 1738 are included under the topic Early Mars History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Mars. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Mars Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Thomas Des Mars, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719
- Jan De Mars, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1742
Mars Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Marie Mars, aged 23, arrived in New York, NY in 1847
- Fried Hese Mars, aged 29, landed in New York, NY in 1847
- Hortenze Mars, aged 14, landed in New York, NY in 1847
- George Mars, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1877
- James Mars, who arrived in Arkansas in 1888
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- Kenneth Mars (1936-2011), American television, movie and voice actor
- Chris Mars (b. 1961), American artist and musician
- Forrest Edward Mars Sr. (1904-1999), American businessman best known for inventing M&M's and the Mars bar
- Alastair Campbell Gillespie Mars (1915-1985), Royal Navy World War II submarine commander
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Doyle, William. The Oxford History of the French Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Print. (ISBN 0192852213).
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- Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
- Vaillancourt, Emile. La Conquete du Canada par les Normands. Biographie de la premiere generation Normande du Canada. Montreal: G. Ducharme, 1930. Print.
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The Mars Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Mars 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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