Derouin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Normandy is the region of ancient France from which the name Derouin was derived. It comes from when the family lived in Normandy.

Drouin is also thought to come from the French word "drouineurs," which was a nickname given to boilermakers, officially called "chaudronniers." 1

Early Origins of the Derouin family

The surname Derouin was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where they held a family seat in the seigniory of Drouvin, a village in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the arrondisement of Béthune. 1

They branched to Brittany (French: Bretagne), Barrois and Bordelais. An important branch emerged at Fura in Bararis and assumed the name Edler Von Drouin and were elected to the nobility in 1815. Meanwhile, in France, important branches acquired estates in Briace, Ongon, Champmorin, Brittany Vauleart in Orléanais. They also moved to Soissonnais. In Paris, a member of the family was very involved in the political events of the day. Edouard Drouyn was in charge of diplomatic missions and elected a deputy in 1842. He was named minister of Foreign Affairs with the second Empire in 1852.

Robert Drouin, born on 6th August 1617, son of Robert and Marie (née Dubois), travelled from Perche, France to the New World in the 17th century. After arriving in Quebec he married Anne Cloutier, born in 1607, daughter of Zacharie and Xainte (née Dupont), on 12th July 1637. Anne passed away on 3rd February 1648 and Robert remarried on 29th November 1649 to Marie Chapelier, daughter of Jean and Marguerite (née Dodier). They remained together until Robert passed away at Château-Richer on 1st June 1685. 2

Early History of the Derouin family

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Derouin Spelling Variations

There were a great number of spelling variations in French surnames. One reason for this was the wide variety of cultural influences present in France during the early development of the French language. The many spelling variations of the name include Drouin, de Drouin, Derouin, Drouot, Drouon, Drouhin, Drouain, Drouhain, Drouyn, Durouain, Durouin, Drouyn, Druin and many more.

Early Notables of the Derouin family

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Derouin Ranking

In France, the name Derouin is the 8,794^th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 3

Migration of the Derouin family

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 Derouin. 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 Derouin were Robert Drouin, who arrived in Quebec in 1633; Jean Drouin, who arrived in Quebec in 1646; François Drouineau arrived in Quebec from St-Ange in 1669.

Contemporary Notables of the name Derouin (post 1700) +

Theodore J. Derouin Jr., American politician, Independent Candidate for Connecticut State Senate 15th District, 2010 4

Citations +

Dionne, N.-E., Origine Des Familles Canadiennes-Français. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Print.
Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html