Deveau History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

The surname Deveau is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came. The name Deveau is a contraction of an Old French phrase meaning beautiful valley, and indicates that the original bearer lived in such a place at one time.

Early Origins of the Deveau family

The surname Deveau was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where the family held a family seat from ancient times in the town of Volnay in the district of Beaune.

Jean de Vaux was registered in 1295 as a squire in the fief at Volnay and is thought to be the patriarch of the family. Large areas of land were exchanged at the hands of Jean de Vaux who sold much of the family lands at Antigny to the Duke of Burgundy.

Nicolas De Veau, son of Henri and Anne, travelled from France to Canada in the 17th century. After arriving in the province of Quebec he married Marie-Anne Tremblay, daughter of Jacques, at Ange-Gardien on 4th October 1769. 1

Early History of the Deveau family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Deveau research. Another 90 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1555, 1666, 1669 and 1813 are included under the topic Early Deveau History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Deveau Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Beliveau, Béliveau, Belivaux, Bélivaux, Belliveau, Bélliveau, Bellivaux, Béllivaux, Belleveau, Bellevaux, de Bellevau and many more.

Early Notables of the Deveau family

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Deveau Ranking

In the United States, the name Deveau is the 10,099^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2

Deveau migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Deveau Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Pierre DeVeau, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1736 3
Conrad DeVeau, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1754 3
Jean Baptiste Deveau, aged 15, who landed in South Carolina in 1763 3
Rosalie Deveau, aged 14, who arrived in South Carolina in 1763 3
Amand Deveau, who landed in South Carolina in 1763 3

Deveau migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Deveau Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Helene Deveau was married in 1766 in St-Vincent-de-Paul, Quebec

Contemporary Notables of the name Deveau (post 1700) +

David Deveau (b. 1953), American classical pianist
Vincent DeVeau (b. 1952), American writer and editor, member of the Directors Guild of America
David Deveau (b. 1984), Canadian actor, known for Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990), Hemoglobin (1997) and The Chicken Tree (1998)
George Raymond Deveau (1891-1983), Canadian politician, MLA for Richmond, Nova Scotia (1933-1937)
Louis E. Deveau (b. 1931), Canadian chancellor of Université Sainte-Anne, Pointe-de-l'Église (2006-2012)
John Deveau, Canadian politician, MLA for Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (1998-1999)

Citations +

Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)