Auge History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

The surname Auge is derived from the French personal name Auger, which is itself derived from the Old German name Adalgarius, which means noble spear. Patronymic surnames, which are a type of hereditary surname, arose out of the vernacular and religious given name traditions. The vernacular or regional naming tradition is the oldest and most pervasive type of patronymic surname. According to this custom, names were originally composed of vocabulary elements from the local language. Vernacular names that were derived from ancient Germanic personal names have cognates in most European languages. For example, the court of Charlemagne (742-814) was Christian and Latin-speaking, but the Frankish dialect of Old German was commonly used for personal names. Vernacular names were widespread throughout Normandy. Accordingly, many typical English and French names are in fact, originally of Germanic origin and often have cognates in other European countries.

Early Origins of the Auge family

The surname Auge was first found in Provence, where the family held a family seat since ancient times.

This ancient family emerged in the region of the Rhône Valley around the 9th century. The first record of this noble family of France was found in the ancient cartulary of the Abbey of Beaulieu, in the province of Limousin in 897, and in the "Recueil des actes de Charles III le Simple" 879-929, in the year of 899. There exists also an earlier record dating from the year of 792, and is mentioned in "Regesta Alsatiae aevi Merovingici et Karolini".

The family grew and established branches in the provinces of Berry, to the south of Paris, Normandy, Champagne, and Dauphiné, where they flourished into the 1500's when a few of the aristocratic branches became extinct. In subsequent years they were found in Dauphiné from medieval times and as late as 1560.

Early History of the Auge family

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Auge Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Auger, Augier, Augey, Augay, Auget, Auge, Augeais, Augger, Auggier, Auggey, Auggay, Augget, Auggeais, d'Auger, d'Augier, d'Augey, d'Augay, d'Auget, d'Augeais, Dauger, Daugier, Daugey, Daugay, Dauget, Daugeais, Augereau, d'Augereau and many more.

Early Notables of the Auge family

Notable amongst the names at this time was

Eustache Dauger de Cavoye (1637?-1703), the name given for the Man in the Iron Mask (French: L'Homme au Masque de Fer), he spent 34 years in prison and his real identity is unknown, Voltaire claimed h...

Auge Ranking

In France, the name Auge is the 807^th most popular surname with an estimated 6,261 people with that name. 1

Auge migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Auge Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Bennett Auge, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1797 2

Auge Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Hen Auge, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1808 2
Dorothea Auge, who landed in New York, NY in 1850 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Auge (post 1700) +

Kenneth G. Auge, American politician, Burgess of Shillington, Pennsylvania, 1960 3
George Auge (1834-1917), American politician, Member of Minnesota State House of Representatives 20th District, 1874 3
Marc Augé (1935-2023), French anthropologist
Marc Augé (b. 1935), French anthropologist

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html