Ridel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Ridel family

The surname Ridel was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), a province on the northern seacoast, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. Geoffroi Ridel descended from the ancient counts of Angouleme, and Gerard Ridel was Baron of Blaye in 1030. The family were well established in the region of Calvados and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Ridel family

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Ridel Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rideau, Rudow, Ridow, Reedow, Redoe, Reidow, Redough, Ridel, Ridoux and many more.

Early Notables of the Ridel family

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Ridel Ranking

In France, the name Ridel is the 2,328^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,778 people with that name. 1

Ridel migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ridel Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Claude Ridel, aged 33, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 2

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)