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Early Origins of the Moule family

The surname Moule was first found in Picardy (French: Picardie) in northern France, where this eminent family held a family seat in the honor of De Limeux, a village in the ancient department of Cher in the Somme.

The family branched north into Flanders, and west into Normandy where they held considerable estates before the 16th century. They also branched to Brittany where they held a family seat at Cree'Hriou, Kerigonan, and Kerveguen.

Gabriel Lemieux, born in 1626, son of Louis and Marie (née Lugan), worked as a coppersmith in Quebec. He married Marguerite LeBoeuf, born in 1640, daughter of Guillaume and Marguerite (née Milot), on 3rd September 1658. His second marriage was to Marthe Beauregard, born in 1643, on 26th November 1671. They remained together until Marthe passed away in Lévis on 22nd October 1728. 1

Early History of the Moule family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Moule research. Another 46 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1598, 1613 and 1659 are included under the topic Early Moule History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Moule Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lemieux, Limeux, Lemeux, Lemieus, Lemeur, Lemeut, Lemuet, Lemut, Lemue, Lemuel, Lemoual, Lemouee, Moues, Moule, Mieure and many more.

Early Notables of the Moule family

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Moule migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Moule Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Dorathy Moule, who landed in Virginia in 1657 2

Moule Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Edward Moule, a bonded passenger, who arrived in America in 1747

Moule migration to Australia +

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

Moule Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Robert Moule, aged 27, a labourer, who arrived in South Australia in 1851 aboard the ship "Thetis" 3

Moule migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Moule Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Stephen Moule, aged 26, a carpenter, who arrived in Otago aboard the ship "Lady Nugent" in 1850

Contemporary Notables of the name Moule (post 1700) +

Charles Walter Moule (1834-1921), English academic, librarian and president of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
George Evans Moule (1828-1912), English Anglican missionary in China, the first Anglican bishop of mid-China
Henry Joseph Moule (1825-1904), English watercolour artist
Henry Moule (1801-1880), English priest in the Church of England and inventor of the dry earth closet
Thomas Moule (1784-1851), English antiquarian, writer on heraldry, and map-maker
Handley Moule (1841-1920), English cleric, writer and poet, Bishop of Durham from 1901-1920
Charles Francis Digby Moule (b. 1908), English biblical scholar
Harry George Moule (b. 1921), English former cricketer
Aaron Moule (b. 1977), Australian rugby player

Historic Events for the Moule family +

HMAS Sydney II

Mr. Albert Moule (1907-1941), Australian Stoker from Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia, who sailed into battle aboard HMAS Sydney II and died in the sinking 4

Citations +

Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. 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)
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) THETIS 1851. Retrieved http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1851Thetis.htm
HMAS Sydney II, Finding Sydney Foundation - Roll of Honour. (Retrieved 2014, April 24) . Retrieved from http://www.findingsydney.com/roll.asp