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Early Origins of the Gasquet family

The surname Gasquet was first found in Provence, where this eminent family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Gasquet family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gasquet research. Another 187 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1262, 1635, 1648, 1663, 1667, 1669, 1674, 1701 and 1813 are included under the topic Early Gasquet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gasquet Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gasquet, Gasqué, Gasquer, Gasquette, Gausqet, Gasquait, Les Gasques and many more.

Early Notables of the Gasquet family

Notable amongst the names at this time was Henri Gascar (1635-1701), English portrait-painter, born at Paris in 1635, and emigrated to England about 1674 in the train or at the invitation of Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth. "Gascar (or Gascard, as he...
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Gasquet Ranking

In France, the name Gasquet is the 8,293rd most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Gasquet family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Michel Gaskett settled in Maryland, in 1774.


Contemporary Notables of the name Gasquet (post 1700) +

  • Joseph Gasquet, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 2
  • Marie Gasquet (1872-1960), French writer from Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
  • Richard Gasquet (b. 1986), French tennis player
  • Joachim Gasquet (1873-1921), French writer from Provence
  • Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet (1846-1929), English Benedictine monk


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 5) Joseph Gasquet. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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