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Early Origins of the De la bruyere family

The surname De la bruyere was first found in Picardy (French: Picardie) in northern France, where this noble family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the De la bruyere family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our De la bruyere research. Another 370 words (26 lines of text) covering the years 1385, 1400, 1487, 1500, 1546, 1578, 1588, 1600, 1645, 1650, 1651, 1658, 1693, 1696 and 1700 are included under the topic Early De la bruyere History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

De la bruyere Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Labruyer, Labruyère, La Bruyère, Bruyère, Labruyères, La Bruyères, Bruyères, Bruyer, Brier, Bryer, Brière, Bryère, Labryère, Labrière, La Brière, La Bryère, Labryères, Labrières, La Brières, La Bryères, Bruyères, Bruyère, Bruières, Bruière, Bruyers, Bruier, Bruiers, Bruyèrres, Bruyèrre, Bruièrres, Bruièrre, Brueyères, Brueyère, Brueires, Brueire, Bruvière, Bruvièrre, Bruvières, Bruvièrres, Brueria, Bruyeria, des Bruyères, des Bruyère, des Bruières, des Bruière, des Bruyer and many more.

Early Notables of the De la bruyere family

Notable amongst the family name at this period was Jean De La Bruyère, (1645-1696), French moralist during the late 1600's and Jean, Lord of la Choselle, who was the Lieutenant-General of the Forest and Lands department of Bourgogne in 1546. His...
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Migration of the De la bruyere family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Franç ois Bruyère, aged 26; who settled in New Orleans in 1820; Christian Brier settled in Philadelphia in 1858; and J. Brier, aged 25; settled in New Orleans in 1823..


Contemporary Notables of the name De la bruyere (post 1700) +

  • Jean de La Bruyère (1645-1696), French writer. He lived (1684-96) as tutor in the house of the prince de Condé
  • Jean de la Bruyère (1645-1696), French writer


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