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Early Origins of the Cassard family

The surname Cassard was first found in Brittany, originally Armorica in ancient times, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Dol and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility. The first family of the name was recorded as Cassart de la Joue. This distinguished family traced its roots to the time of achieving nobility in 1702.

Early History of the Cassard family

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Cassard Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cassart, Casart, Cassard, Casard and others.

Early Notables of the Cassard family

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Cassard Ranking

In France, the name Cassard is the 4,687th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1


United States Cassard migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cassard Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Daniel Cassard, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1772
Cassard Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • H. C. Cassard, who settled in San Francisco in 1850
  • G. Cassard, who arrived in San Francisco in 1850
  • G Cassard, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 2
  • Gilbert Cassard, who arrived in Maryland sometime between 1782 and 1857

West Indies Cassard migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 3
Cassard Settlers in West Indies in the 18th Century
  • Margueritte Marcorelle Cassard, who settled in Dominican Republic in 1789


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. 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)
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies


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