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Early Origins of the Thiery family

The surname Thiery was first found in Picardy (French: Picardie) in northern France, 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 the region of the Somme 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 Thiery family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Thiery research. Another 110 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1604, 1606, 1646, 1659, 1665, 1677, 1699, 1712, 1749, 1792 and 1822 are included under the topic Early Thiery History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Thiery Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Thierry, Thiéry, Théry, Thierrard, Thiriet, Thiriot, Thiéry, Thiery, Thierry, Tiéry, Tiery, Tierry, Thireau, Thiraux and many more.

Early Notables of the Thiery family

Notable amongst the family name at this period was Pierre Thierry (1604-1665), the founder of the Thierry dynasty of organ builders of Paris, France; and his son, Alexandre Thierry (c. 1646-1699), a French organ...
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Thiery Ranking

In France, the name Thiery is the 385th most popular surname with an estimated 11,038 people with that name. 1


United States Thiery migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Thiery Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Michael Thiery, aged 25, who landed in Missouri in 1848 2
  • Charles Thiery, who arrived in Mississippi in 1879 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Thiery (post 1700) +

  • Gaston Thiery, American politician, U.S. Vice Consul in Roubaix, 1905 3
  • Benjamin Thiéry (b. 1984), French rugby union footballer
  • Cyrille Thièry (b. 1990), Swiss professional racing cyclist at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Flight TWA 800
  • Ms. Josette Thiery (d. 1996), from France, French passenger flying aboard flight TWA 800 from J.F.K. Airport, New York to Leonardo da Vinci Airport, Rome when the plane crashed after takeoff ; she died in the crash 4


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. 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)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  4. The Washington Post Passenger List TWA Flight 800. (Retrieved 2018, February 15th). Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/twa800/list01.htm


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