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The surname Colle was first found in Champagne, where the family was anciently established.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Colle research. Another 85 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1598, 1628, 1640, 1659, 1680, 1696, 1709, 1759, 1789 and 1809 are included under the topic Early Colle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
There were a great number of spelling variations in French surnames. One reason for this was the wide variety of cultural influences present in France during the early development of the French language. The many spelling variations of the name include Collé, Collet, Collette, Colletet and others.
Notable amongst the family during this period was
In France, the name Colle is the 1,147th most popular surname with an estimated 4,796 people with that name. 1
France finally gave land incentives for 2,000 migrants during the 1700s. Early marriage was encouraged in New France, and youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted migrants, both noble and commoner from France. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries, leaving French names scattered across the continent. The search for the Northwest passage continued. Migration from France to New France or Quebec, as it was now more popularly called, continued until 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In the treaty of Utrecht, the Acadians were ceded by France to Britain in 1713. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported. They found refuge in Louisiana. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many of this distinguished family name Colle were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Colle were