Chapel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The French region of Forez is where Chapel was first used as a surname. Chapel was a name for a person who lived near a chapel or church, deriving its origin from the Old French word "chapelle," which means "chapel."

Early Origins of the Chapel family

The surname Chapel was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where this distinguished family has held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Chapel family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chapel research. Another 429 words (31 lines of text) covering the years 1280, 1308, 1317, 1321, 1390, 1487, 1560, 1589, 1631, 1639, 1683, 1684, 1690, 1703, 1740, 1745, 1764, 1780, 1789, 1817, 1820 and 1825 are included under the topic Early Chapel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Chapel Spelling Variations

The many different spellings of French surnames can be partially explained by the use of local dialects and by the influence of other languages during the early development of the French language. As a result of these linguistic and cultural influences, the name Chapel is distinguished by a number of regional variations. The many spelling variations of the name include Lachapelle, Lachapel, Lachapelles, Chapelle, Chapel, Chapelles, Chapels, Chepel, Chepelles and many more.

Early Notables of the Chapel family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was

Vincent La Chapelle (c. 1690-1745), a French master cook who is known to have worked for Phillip Dormer Stanhope (4th Earl of Chesterfield), William IV, Prince of Orange, John V of Portugal, and Madam...

Chapel Ranking

In the United States, the name Chapel is the 14,672^nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Chapel is ranked the 2,405^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,500 - 3,000 people with that name. 2

Chapel migration to the United States +

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec, in 1663 there were only 500, 2,000 migrants arrived during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. Youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted migrants, both noble and commoner from France. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many distinguished contributions have been made by members of this family name Chapel. It has been prominent in the arts, religion, politics and culture in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Chapel were

Chapel Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Alice Chapel, who settled in New England in 1766

Chapel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Robert Chapel, who settled in San Francisco in 1850
Henry Chapel, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1870 3

Chapel migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Chapel Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Christopher Chapel who was convicted in Lancaster, Lancashire, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "Elizabeth" on 3rd October 1831, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 4
Miss Elizabeth Jane Chapel, (b. 1834), aged 15, Cornish housemaid travelling aboard the ship "8 General Palmer" arriving in New South Wales, Australia on 10th April 1849 5
Mr. Jonathan Chapel, (b. 1821), aged 28, Cornish farm labourer from travelling aboard the ship "Sir George Seymour" arriving in New South Wales, Australia on 14th May 1849 5
Mrs. Phillis Chapel, (b. 1822), aged 27, Cornish settler from travelling aboard the ship "Sir George Seymour" arriving in New South Wales, Australia on 14th May 1849 5
Mr. Joseph Chapel, (b. 1845), aged 4, Cornish settler from travelling aboard the ship "Sir George Seymour" arriving in New South Wales, Australia on 14th May 1849 5
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Contemporary Notables of the name Chapel (post 1700) +

Stephen W Chapel, American economist, Operations Research Analyst, Office of Asst. Secretary of Defense, The Pentagon, Washington, DC
Comstock Chapel, American politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Waterford, 1820-21 6
Charles W. Chapel, American politician, Delegate to Michigan State Constitutional Convention, 1850; Member of Michigan State House of Representatives from Chippewa District, 1855-56 6
Charles Edward Chapel (1904-1967), American Republican politician, Member of California State Assembly, 1950-66; Presidential Elector for California, 1956; Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1964 6
Caleb M. Chapel, American politician, Member of Michigan State House of Representatives from Jackson County 3rd District, 1853-54 6
Alain Chapel, French chef, Saint-André-de-Corcy
Paul Chapel, French professor and former deputy, Vannes
Charles Edward Chapel (1904-1967), English politician and technical writer, best known for his articles and books about firearms
Tell-Aristide-Frédéric-Antoine Chapel (1849-1932), French general

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 9th March 2022). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/elizabeth
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, May 30). Ships' Passenger Lists of Arrivals in New South Wales on (1828 - 1842, 1848 - 1849) [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_nsw_1838_on.pdf
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html