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Early Origins of the La Tourette family

The surname La Tourette was first found in Languedoc where this noble family held a family seat from very early times.

Early History of the La Tourette family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our La Tourette research. Another 243 words (17 lines of text) covering the years 1275, 1400, 1463, 1480, 1600 and 1700 are included under the topic Early La Tourette History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

La Tourette Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Larivoir, Larivoire, Larivoir, Rivoires, Rivore, La Rivoire, Rivoire, Laryvoire, La Ryvoire, Ryvoire, Larivoires, La Rivoires, Rivoires, Ryvoires, La Ryvoires, Laryvoires, La Tourette, Tourette, Touret, Tourrete, Tourrette, Tourettes, La Tourrete, La Tourrette, La Tourettes, La Tourretes, La Tourrettes, Lariviérre, Lariviere and many more.

Early Notables of the La Tourette family

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United States La Tourette migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

La Tourette Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • John LaTourette, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1822 1

Contemporary Notables of the name La Tourette (post 1700) +

  • Steven Clare "Steve" LaTourette (1954-2016), American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio (2003-2013)
  • Howard F. Latourette, American politician, Member of Democratic National Committee from Oregon, 1939-40; Candidate for U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1950, 1956 2
  • Earl C. Latourette (d. 1956), American politician, Justice of Oregon State Supreme Court, 1950-56; Chief Justice of Oregon State Supreme Court, 1953-55 2


  1. 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)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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