Show ContentsDe courcelles History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Noble surnames, such as De courcelles, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the French people. The original bearer of the name De courcelles, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Bourgogne. In France, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, and names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The De courcelles family originally derived its surname from the place named Courcelles, in the province of Bourgogne.

Early Origins of the De courcelles family

The surname De courcelles was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where this distinguished family has held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the De courcelles family

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De courcelles Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Courcelles, Courcelle, Courcele, Courceles, Courtcelles, Courtcelle, Courtcele, Courtceles, Courscelles, Courscelles, Courscele, Coursceles, Corcelles, Courcell, Courtcell, Coursolle, Coursel, de Courcelles and many more.

Early Notables of the De courcelles family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

  • Étienne de Courcelles (1586-1659), an Arminian Greek scholar and translator


United States De courcelles migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

De courcelles Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Dufour DeCourcelles, who landed in Louisiana in 1718 1


  1. 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)


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