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Early Origins of the Coclet family

The surname Coclet was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where this celebrated family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Coclet family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Coclet research. Another 170 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1606, 1612, 1634, 1669, 1700, 1763, 1791 and 1792 are included under the topic Early Coclet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Coclet Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cochet, Cocher, Cochez, Coché, Cochée, Cochait, Cochaie, Cochaies, Cochey, Cochest, Cochais, Cuchet, Cauchy, Cuchet, Cuché, Cuchez, Cucher, Cuchest, Cuchait, Cuchais and many more.

Early Notables of the Coclet family

Notable amongst the family at this time was Christophe Cochet, known in Rome under the name Cristoforo Coscetti or Coscietti (c. 1606 - 1634), a 17th-century French sculptor. Son of the Parisian master mason Jean...
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Migration of the Coclet family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Charles B. P. Cochet settled in Philadelphia in 1806; André Cochet settled in Virginia in 1700; Georg Dietrich Cochet settled in Philadelphia in 1768.


Winter Quarters coal mine
  • Mr. Peter Coclet, "Cocklet", American mine worker from Springfield, Illinois who worked in the Winter Quarters coal mine on 1st May 1900, when 10 of the 25lb kegs of black powder exploded; he died in the explosion 1


  1. Miners killed in Winter Quarters (retrieved 28th July 2021). Retrieved from http://www.carbon-utgenweb.com/miners.html


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