Legrange History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Legrange family

The surname Legrange was first found in Champagne.

Early History of the Legrange family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Legrange 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 Legrange History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Legrange 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 Legrange 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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Legrange Ranking

In South Africa, the name Legrange is the 993^rd most popular surname with an estimated 6,890 people with that name. 1

Legrange migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Legrange Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

P LeGrange, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
T LeGrange, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 2

Legrange migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Legrange Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Miss Adelaide LeGrange, (b. 1802), aged 29, English convict who was convicted in Middlesex, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Burrell" on 31st December 1831, arriving in New South Wales, she died in 1833 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Legrange (post 1700) +

Cobie Legrange (b. 1942), South African professional golfer, active in the 1960s; he won the Dunlop Masters title in 1964 and 1969 and the Pringle of Scotland Tournament in 1965
Marvin LeGrange Gross, American politician, Member of Georgia State House of Representatives from Washington County, 1939-40 4

Citations +

"Most Common Last Names in South Africa." Forebears, https://forebears.io/south-africa/surnames
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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 5th November 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/burrell
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html