Du pre History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Du pre family
The surname Du pre was first found in Auvergne, a historic province in south central France.
Antoine Dupre, born in 1643, son of Mathieu and Catherine, travelled from France to Canada in the 17th century. After he arrived in Quebec he married Marguerite Moutarchy, born in 1652, daughter of François and Claude, on 25th July 1672. They remained together in Quebec until Antoine's death at Château-Richer on 27th November 1686. 1
Early History of the Du pre family
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Du pre Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Dupre, Dupré, Duprat, Dupraz, Dupréel, Dupréelle, Dupréau, Duprès, Duprey, Dupray, Dupres and many more.
Early Notables of the Du pre family
Notable amongst the family was Antoine Duprat (1463-1535), a French Cardinal and politician, Chancellor of France; Guillaume Duprat, born in Issoire in 1507, who was Bishop of Clermont; Gabriel Dupréau was a theologian in 1511; Pardoux Duprat who was involved in law, was an academic and a great philosopher around 1520; Claude Duprat was bishop of Mende in 1524; Guillaume Dupré was a sculptor, medal-maker, and stone engraver who lived in Sissone around 1576; Marie Dupré...
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Du pre World Ranking
In the United States, the name Du pre is the 2,210th most popular surname with an estimated 14,922 people with that name. 2 However, in Quebec, Canada, the name Du pre is ranked the 965th most popular surname. 3 And in France, the name Du pre is the 286th popular surname with an estimated 13,814 people with that name. 4
Du pre migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Du pre Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- Josias DuPre, who arrived in Charleston, South Carolina in 1686 5
- Anne Dupré married in America in 1690
Du pre Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Jean Dupre, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 5
- Jean DuPre, aged 13, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 5
- Jean Dupre, aged 13, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 5
- Jean DuPre, aged 15, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 5
- Thomas Dupre, aged 14, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 5
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Du pre Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- William Dupre, who arrived in Mississippi in 1894 5
- William Henry Dupre, who landed in Mississippi in 1894 5
Du pre migration to Canada +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Du pre Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
- Nicolas Dupré married in 1656 in Quebec
Du pre Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
- Marie Dupré married in 1700 in Adhémar, Quebec
Contemporary Notables of the name Du pre (post 1700) +
- Louis Karel Dupré (1925-2022), Belgian Catholic phenomenologist and religious philosopher, T. Lawrason Riggs Professor in Yale University's religious studies department from 1973 to 1998, member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Jacques Dupré (1773-1846), American politician, Louisiana State Representative, State Senator and the eighth Governor of Louisiana
- Lucius Jacques Dupré (1822-1869), American politician, Delegate to Louisiana secession convention, 1861; Representative from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65 6
- Kay Dupre, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1944 6
- Jacques Dupre (1773-1846), American politician, Member of Louisiana State House of Representatives; Member of Louisiana State Senate; Governor of Louisiana, 1830-31 6
- Henry Garland Dupré (1873-1924), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1900-10; Speaker of the Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1908-10 6
- Ernest E. Dupre, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1928 (alternate), 1944, 1948 6
- Guy Dupré (1928-2018), French writer and publisher
- Augustin Dupré (1748-1833), French engraver of currency and medals, the 14th Graveur général des monnaies (Engraver General of Currency)
- Julien Dupré (1851-1910), French painter
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Citations +
- Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html