The surname Foyer was first found in Ille de France, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Paris and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility. The Foy or Foix family became one of the most distinguished families of France and eventually rose to the Dukes de Foix de Candale.
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Early History of the Foyer family
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Foyer Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Foy, DelaFoy, Foy, Foix, delaFoix, Defoy, De Foy, Foy, Foyatier, Foye, Foyot, Foyer, La foy, Le Foyer, Lefoyer and many more.
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Early Notables of the Foyer family
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Foyer migration to the United States
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Foyer Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
Pierre Foyer, aged 19, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 1
Contemporary Notables of the name Foyer (post 1700)
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Jean Gustave Foyer, academic with the status of Ancient Minister and lives in Chateauneuf-sur-Sarthe, France
Historic Events for the Foyer family
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Bismarck
Johannes Foyer (1919-1941), German Matrosenobergefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 2
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)
Foyer migration to the United States 
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