Beausejour History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

The enchanting region of Bourgoigne was the historical homeland of the prominent surname Beausejour. Beausejour is a topographic surname, which is a type of hereditary surname. These were given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came.

Early Origins of the Beausejour family

The surname Beausejour was first found in Bourgogne.

Early History of the Beausejour family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Beausejour research. The years 1839, 1887 and 1902 are included under the topic Early Beausejour History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Beausejour Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Beausejour, Beauséjour and others.

Early Notables of the Beausejour family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

Paul Felix Beuvain de Beausejour, who dedicated his life to religion and became bishop of Carcassonne, a town in the region of Languedoc, just North of the Spanish border. Born much further North, in...
Francois Beausejour was a mason in St-Jaques-de-L'Achigan
Jean-Baptiste Beausejour was a shoemaker in Montreal
Joseph Beausejour was a councilor and a painter in Terrebonne, Quebec
Louis Beausejour was a painter in Montreal at this time
Pierre Beausejour was a milkman in Chateau St. Louis

Beausejour Ranking

In Quebec, Canada, the name Beausejour is the 835^th most popular surname. 1

Beausejour migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Beausejour Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

M. Beausejour, aged 25, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 2

Beausejour migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Beausejour Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Jaques Beauséjour, who was married in 1704 in Chambalon, Quebec
Jean Beauséjour, who emigrated from France in 1708, at the age of 35, and settled in Montreal

Contemporary Notables of the name Beausejour (post 1700) +

Jacques Beauséjour (b. 1939), Canadian teacher and politician, member of the Québec National Assembly from 1976-1985

Citations +

"The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
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)