Lefort History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Lefort family
The surname Lefort was first found in Gascony (French: Gascogne), an area of southwest France bordering Spain, that was part of the "Province of Guyenne and Gascony" prior to the French Revolution, where this eminent family held a family seat since ancient times.
Early History of the Lefort family
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Lefort Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Durfort, Durforte, Durfaurre, Deforte, Duforte, Desforte, Dufaute, Defaute, Durfort, Lefort, Dufortes, Desfortes, Fort, Forte and many more.
Early Notables of the Lefort family
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Lefort Ranking
In France, the name Lefort is the 274th most popular surname with an estimated 14,163 people with that name. 1
Migration of the Lefort family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Fort settled in Maryland in 1685; Francis Fort settled in Virginia in 1736; Claude Fort settled in Louisiana in 1756; Lewis Emanuel Fort settled in Philadelphia in 1804.
Contemporary Notables of the name Lefort (post 1700) +
- Frédéric Antoine Henri Lefort, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 2
- Charles Auguste Philippe Lefort, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
- Georges-Robert Lefort (1875-1954), French architect
- Lieutenant-General Ferréol Lefort (1873-1956), French Attached to the Commission for Studies of Fortified Zones (1939-1940) 4
- Claude Lefort (1924-2010), French philosopher and activist
- Antoine Lefort (1879-1928), Luxembourg politician and diplomat
- Cecily Margot Lefort (1900-1945), born Cecily Margot MacKenzie, British SOE agent during World War II, posthumously awarded the Croix de Guerre, and was Mentioned in Dispatches
- Franz Lefort (1655-1699), Russian military figure of Swiss origin, admiral (1695), and close associate of Peter the Great
- François Jacob Lefort (1653-1699), Swiss diplomat
Historic Events for the Lefort family +
- Master John LeFort (1911-1917), Canadian resident from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who died in the Halifax Explosion (1917) 5
- Mrs. Cecilia LeFort (1864-1917), Canadian resident from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who died in the Halifax Explosion (1917) 5
- Miss Mary LeFort (1914-1917), Canadian resident from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who died in the Halifax Explosion (1917) 5
- Mrs. Katie LeFort (1896-1917), Canadian resident from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who died in the Halifax Explosion (1917) 5
- Miss Annie LeFort (1899-1917), Canadian resident from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who died in the Halifax Explosion (1917) 5
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