Lois History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

From the historical and enchanting region of Artois emerged a multitude of noble families, including the distinguished Lois family. Originally, people were known only by a single name. The process by which hereditary surnames were adopted in Artois is extremely interesting. Surnames evolved during the Middle Ages when people began to assume an extra name to avoid confusion and to further identify themselves. Often they adopted names that were derived from nicknames. Nickname surnames were derived from an eke-name, or added name. They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes of the first person that used the name.

Early Origins of the Lois family

The surname Lois was first found in Artois, a former province of northern France.

The members of this distinguished family also branched into other regions of France, especially to Tourraine and to Poitou. In Normandy they settled in D'Oissel, a town in Seine-Inférieure, in the district of Rouen; in Burgundy they settled in the region of Nivernais; in Maine they settled in D'Oisseau, a town in the department of Mayenne, in the district of Mayenne, and in Savoie they settled in De Loiseux, in the district of Chambéry. In Berry the family was in possession of the seigniories of Bouchet in Isle, of Champ and of Villars. 1

Early History of the Lois family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lois research. Another 182 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1380, 1536, 1607, 1617, 1696, 1698, 1708, 1715, 1753, 1764 and 1789 are included under the topic Early Lois History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lois Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Loiselle, Loisel, Loiseau, Loiselet, Loiseleur, Loisellier, Loizeau, Loisé, Loizé, Loiset, Loisette, Loisy, Oiseau, Oisel, Oiselle, Oiseleur, Oiselier, Oisé, Oiset and many more.

Early Notables of the Lois family

Notable in the family at this time was

Antoine Loisel (1536-1617), a jurisconsult and the author of a collection of customs, "Institutes coutumières" (1607)

Lois migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lois Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Benito Lois, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1860 2

Lois Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Bintley Lois, aged 2, who immigrated to the United States, in 1920
Celia Lois, aged 21, who landed in America from Alicante, Spain, in 1920
Distino Lois, aged 23, who landed in America, in 1920
Charlton Lois, aged 27, who settled in America, in 1921
F Lois, aged 24, who immigrated to the United States, in 1922
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Lois (post 1700) +

George Lois (1931-2022), American art director, designer, and author, perhaps best known for over 92 covers he designed for Esquire magazine from 1962 to 1973
Alberto Lois (1956-2019), Dominican Major League Baseball player who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1978 and 1979
Marilynn Lois Webb ONZM (1937-2021), New Zealand artist from Auckland, New Zealand, noted for her contributions to Maori art and her work as an educator
Adrienne Lois Kaeppler (1935-2022), American anthropologist, curator of oceanic ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, President of the International Council on Traditional Music between 2005 and 2013
Elmer Lois Tarbox (1916-1987), American military aviator, businessman, and politician, Member of the House of Representatives of Texas (1973-977) and (1967-1973)
Sarah Lois Vaughan (1924-1990), American jazz singer
Diana Lois Hendry (b. 1941), English Whitbread Award winning poet, children's author and short story writer
Mary Lois Tinson, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1996
V. Lois Wells, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Mayor of Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1991 3
Lois Galgay Reckitt (1944-2023), American feminist, human rights activist, LGBT rights activist, and domestic violence advocate

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.
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html