Alexandres History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Alexandres

The name Alexandres spawned from the landscape of northern France known as Normandy during the Middle Ages. It comes from the ancient Greek given name Alexandros.

Early Origins of the Alexandres family

Early History of the Alexandres family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Alexandres research. Another 115 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1653 and 1734 are included under the topic Early Alexandres History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Alexandres Spelling Variations

Throughout the course of history most surnames have undergone changes for many reasons. During the early development of the French language, a son and father may not have chosen to spell their name the same way. Many are simple spelling changes by a person who gave his name, phonetically, to a scribe, priest, or recorder. Many names held prefixes or suffixes which became optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, we have many spelling variations of this name, Alexandres some of which are Alexandre, Alexande, Alexand, Alexendre, Alexende, Alexend, Alessandre, Alessande, Alessand, Alessendre, Alessende, Alessend, Alex, Alesse and many more.

Early Notables of the Alexandres family

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Migration of the Alexandres family

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Migration was slow. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name Alexandres has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Alexandres were Alexis Alexandre married Marie-Madeleine Charon-Laferriè re in Québec in 1712; Jean Alexandre, son of Alexis and Marie-Anne Laferrière married Marie-Benjamin Nolin at Saint-Pierre in 1753..