Henrion History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The name Henrion is tied to the ancient French culture that is at the heart of Western civilization. It comes from this particular name was devised in Brittany, in the northwest of the country. The Germanic personal name, Heinrich, which is composed of the elements "heim", which means "home", and "ric", which means "power".

Early Origins of the Henrion family

The surname Henrion was first found in Brittany (French: Bretagne, Breton: Breizh,) where the family stems from Vaurouil and de la Motte-Henry, villages in Saint-Gilles, to the west of Rennes, in the former barony of Gaël-Montfort.

Henry of Marcy, or Henry de Marsiac, (c. 1136-1189) was a Cistercian abbot, first of Hautecombe in Savoy (1160-1177), and then of Clairvaux, from 1177 until 1179.

Hamon Henry, a knight, was recorded in 1218. Hervé Henry, a knight, went on a crusade in 1248. In 1364, Olivier Henry, the lord of Vaurouil, fought in Airau. His son, Pierre, was a member of a record of Olivier de Clisson, in 1375. He married Céleste Madeuc and they had two sons: Guillaume, the father of the branch of Vaurouil, which became extinct in the 17th century, and Pierre, the lord of Boishélio, in Ploërmel, in 1407. Jean Henry, the grandson of Pierre, was a knight and the lord of Quengo, through his alliance with Marguerite du Quengo, around 1520. The branch founded by their youngest son, Julien, a general captain of the archers of the cathedral town of Vannes, affirmed his nobility status in 1669.

Louis-Bonaventure Henry, the count of Quengo (1659-1714), married Hélène Rolland des Aulnais, the lady of Villejan, in Allineuc, in 1682. They had three sons: Pierre, the count of Quengo and a battalion commander; Michel, the captain of the regiment at Béarn and a knight of Saint Louis; and Louis-Joseph, a knight of Kergoët, the lord of Hardouin (1689-1756). 1

Early History of the Henrion family

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Henrion Spelling Variations

Changes of spelling have occurred in most surnames. The earliest explanation is that during the early development of the French language, names were not yet fixed in spelling. Usually a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. This depended on accent, and local accents frequently changed the spelling of a name. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there are some spelling variations of the name Henrion, including Henry, Henri, Henrie, Henriette, Henriet, Henrion, Henriot, Henrich, Henrichet, Henrichon, Henrat, Henraux, Henrot, Henrotte, Henroutet, Henriquet and many more.

Early Notables of the Henrion family

Notable amongst this name at this time was

Denis (sometimes Didier) Henrion (died 1632 in Paris), a French mathematician who co-edited the works of Viète

Henrion Ranking

In France, the name Henrion is the 1,586^th most popular surname with an estimated 3,763 people with that name. 2

Henrion migration to the United States +

Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In the treaty of Utrecht, the Acadians were ceded by France to Britain in 1713. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported. They found refuge in Louisiana. In 1793, the remaining French in these provinces came under British rule. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many of this distinguished family name Henrion were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Henrion were

Henrion Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

T A Henrion, aged 40, who arrived in America, in 1894

Henrion Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Paul Henrion, aged 18, who arrived in America from Brussels, Belgium, in 1902
Marie Henrion, aged 27, who arrived in America from Brussels, Belgium, in 1904
Lea Henrion, aged 25, who arrived in America from Paris, France, in 1907
Raymond Henrion, aged 3, who arrived in America from Paris, France, in 1907
Jules Henrion, aged 29, who arrived in America from Agon, France, in 1908
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Henrion migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Henrion Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century

Mary Henrion, aged 29, who arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1923

Contemporary Notables of the name Henrion (post 1700) +

John Henrion (b. 1991), American professional ice hockey center
Christophe Henrion, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
Baron Mathieu-Richard-Auguste Henrion (1805-1862), French magistrate, historian, and journalist
Jean Henrion, former French figure skater, the French champion in men's singles and a two-time national pairs (1932-1939)
Daphne Hardy Henrion (1917-2003), born Daphne Hardy, a British sculptor, member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Henri Kay Henrion MBE, OBE (1914-1990), born Heinrich Fritz Kohn, a German-born British graphic designer, elected a Royal Designer for Industry in 1959
Ludivine Henrion, Belgian bronze medalist road bicycle racer at the 2006 World University Cycling Championship
Robert Henrion (1915-1997), Belgian team épée fencer at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Citations +

Hozier, Charles D, and Antoine Bachelin-Delforenne. État présent De La Noblesse française (1883-1887): Contenant Le Distionnaire De La Noblesse Contemporaine Et Larmorial général De France, Dapres Les Manuscrits De Ch. D Hozier. Librairie Des Bibliophiles, 1884. Print.
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 10) Christophe Henrion. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html