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Early Origins of the Forgy family

The surname Forgy was first found in Touraine.

Early History of the Forgy family

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Forgy Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Forge, Forgeron, Forgue, Forgues and others.

Early Notables of the Forgy family

Notable at this time was Germain Forget, born in 1580, who published law books, poems, and other works. Paul-Emile Daurand-Forgues, also known as "Old Nick", started his journalism career in the southern region of Languedoc but ended up in Paris as a lawyer; Amédée Forget was a doctor in Chartres in 1811; Victor-Esprit-Emile Forgues, born in 1823, entered into the Conservatory of Music, where...
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Migration of the Forgy family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 480 individuals who arrived from France onto Canadian shores between 1600 and 1900. Among these, Marie Forget married in 1662; Francoise Forget married in 1668.


Contemporary Notables of the name Forgy (post 1700) +

  • Lawrence Eugene Forgy (1939-2022), American Republican politician and gubernatorial candidate from Lexington, Kentucky, Budget Director for Governor Louie Nunn from 1967 to 1971
  • William Forgy McNagny (1850-1923), American Democratic Party politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana 12th District, 1893-95 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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