Cour History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Cour family
The surname Cour was first found in Brittany.
Early History of the Cour family
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Cour Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Lecours, Lecourt, Lecourtier, Lecourtois, Le Cours, Le Court, Le Courtier and many more.
Early Notables of the Cour family
Notable amongst this name at this time was
- an individual of the house of Lecourt, such as François, lord of Béru, who reaffirmed his nobility in 1686, and was father of Etienne, Cavalier of Saint-Lazare in 1687...
- Pierre-François Lecourrayer, born in 1681 in Rouen, was a theologian...
- The house of Lecourtois is first cited in 1564, was made noble in 1768, and produced many officers, such as a cavalier of Saint-Louis and a few aldermen of Caen...
- Henri Lecourt, recorded at his death in Pontoise in 1828, was a naturalist...
Cour Ranking
In France, the name Cour is the 5,399th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1
Cour migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Cour Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Mathieu De Cour, aged 35, 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)