Clery History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France
Ireland

The Clery surname was created from the French personal name Clair, which is in turn derived from the Latin word "clarus."

Early Origins of the Clery family

The surname Clery was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, 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 Calvados 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. Their earliest domain was the honor of Clare and the first on record was Sir Roger de Clere who held lands at Blainville at Clere. Some of the family originated in Clermont, in the Haute-Savoie and the Sarthe 1

Early History of the Clery family

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Clery Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Clarey, Claretie, Clery, Clary, Claris, Clairet, Cleret, Clarot, Clariot, Cleriot, Claret, Clairet, Clairey, Clairy and many more.

Early Notables of the Clery family

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Clery migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Clery Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Joseph Clery, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Clery (post 1700) +

Corinne Cléry (b. 1950), French actress noted for being the Bond girl Corinne Dufour in the James Bond movie Moonraker

Citations +

Dionne, N.-E., Les Canadiens-Francais Origine Des Familles. Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 1969. Print
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)