Avvri History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Avvri family

Early History of the Avvri family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Avvri research. Another 325 words (23 lines of text) covering the years 1309, 1541, 1654, 1668, 1680, 1696, 1698, 1738, 1756, 1761, 1763, 1766 and 1783 are included under the topic Early Avvri History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Avvri Spelling Variations

Throughout the course of history most surnames have undergone changes for many reasons. During the early development of the French language, a son and father may not have chosen to spell their name the same way. Many are simple spelling changes by a person who gave his name, phonetically, to a scribe, priest, or recorder. Many names held prefixes or suffixes which became optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, we have many spelling variations of this name, Avvri some of which are Avril, Avri, Avrile, Avrill, Avrille, Avvri, Avvril, Avvrile, Avvrill, Avvrille, Adril, Adrile, Adrill, Adrille, Addri, Addril, Addrile, Addrill, Addrille, Auvril, Auvri, Auvrile, Auvrill, Auvrille, Auvvri, Auvvril, Auvvrile, Auvvrill, Auvvrille, Audril, Audri, Audrile, Audrill, Audrille, Auddri, Auddril, Auddrile, Auddrill, Auddrille, April, Aprill, Aprile and many more.

Early Notables of the Avvri family

Notable amongst this name at this time was Jean Avril, Consul and Treasurer of Châteauneuf-du-Pape; and Philippe Avril (1654-1698), born at Angoulême, France, a Jesuit explorer of the Far East.Giuseppe Aprile was born...
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Migration of the Avvri family

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Migration was slow. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name Avvri has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Avvri were John Avril, aged 44; settled in Mississippi in 1820; John Avril, aged 44; settled in New Orleans in 1820; Jung Conrad April, aged 32; settled with his wife, Eva Catharina, aged 32.