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Early Origins of the Grangier family

The surname Grangier was first found in Champagne.

Early History of the Grangier family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Grangier research. Another 30 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1325, 1402, 1510, 1572, 1576, 1625, 1628, 1675, 1680, 1734, 1738, 1761, 1830, 1838, 1870, 1877, 1883, 1905, 1920 and 1940 are included under the topic Early Grangier History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Grangier Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Granger, Grangier, Grangé, Grangié, Grange, Granche, Grancher, Grangeon, Granjon, Grangheon, Grangeaud, Grangerat and many more.

Early Notables of the Grangier family

Notable amongst the family during this period was Jean de La Grange (Jean de Lagrange), (c. 1325-1402), French prelate and politician, during the reigns of Charles V and Charles VI, important member of the papal curia at Avignon; Granger (c. 1680s-1734), born Tourtechot, was a French physician and traveler; Jean Grangeret, born in Vezet (Haute-Sarne) in 1738, who was a general; Louis Grange was an episcopal vicar around 1761; Lucie-Anne Poujoulas or Mrs Adolphe Grange, born in 1838, was a writer; Pierre-Eugène...
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Grangier Ranking

In France, the name Grangier is the 4,327th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Grangier family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 120 individuals who arrived from France onto Canadian shores between 1600 and 1900. Most came during the nineteenth century, but a few immigrated earlier, such as Laurent Granger, who was married in Port-Royal, Quebec in 1667.


Contemporary Notables of the name Grangier (post 1700) +

  • Charles Grangier de La Ferrière, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 2


  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 6) Charles Grangier. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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