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Early Origins of the Seroux family

The surname Seroux was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme departments, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in this region and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived. They were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Jean Sirois, born in 1683, settled in Canada with his wife Marie-Angelique (née Dumontin), in the late 16th to early 17th century. They had one son, François, who married Marie-Anne Tiboutot at Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec on 28th November 1713. 1

Early History of the Seroux family

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Seroux Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Sirois, Sirouz, Seroz, Seroux, Serreau, Sireau, Serot, Sirot, Cirois and many more.

Early Notables of the Seroux family

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Migration of the Seroux family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: including many of the name who migrated to the New World from the mid 17th century onward.


Contemporary Notables of the name Seroux (post 1700) +

  • Jean-Baptiste Séroux d'Agincourt, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 2
  • Jean Nicolas Seroux de Fay, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3


  1. Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
  2. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) Jean-Baptiste Séroux. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
  3. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) Jean Seroux. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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