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Early Origins of the Lecour family

The surname Lecour was first found in Brittany.

Early History of the Lecour family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lecour research. Another 68 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1026, 1096, 1357, 1381, 1564, 1681, 1686, 1687, 1706, 1711, 1768 and 1828 are included under the topic Early Lecour History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lecour Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lecours, Lecourt, Lecourtier, Lecourtois, Le Cours, Le Court, Le Courtier and many more.

Early Notables of the Lecour family

Notable amongst this name at this time was

  • an individual of the house of Lecourt, such as François, lord of Béru, who reaffirmed his nobility in 1686, and was father of Etienne, Cavalier of Saint-Lazare in 1687...
  • Pierre-François Lecourrayer, born in 1681 in Rouen, was a theologian...
  • The house of Lecourtois is first cited in 1564, was made noble in 1768, and produced many officers, such as a cavalier of Saint-Louis and a few aldermen of Caen...
  • Henri Lecourt, recorded at his death in Pontoise in 1828, was a naturalist...


United States Lecour migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lecour Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Honore Joseph LeCour, who arrived in New York in 1822 1

Canada Lecour migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lecour Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Contemporary Notables of the name Lecour (post 1700) +

  • John LeCour, American Republican politician, Candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Texas 9th District, 1994 3
  • Charles Lecour (1808-1894), French boxer
  • Didier Lecour Grandmaison (1889-1917), French World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories
  • Olivier LeCour Grandmaison (b. 1960), French historian


  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. Seary E.R., Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, Montreal: McGill's-Queen's Universtity Press 1998 ISBN 0-7735-1782-0
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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