Degeneres Surname History

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France

Early Origins of the Degeneres family

The surname Degeneres was first found in Poitou.

Early History of the Degeneres family

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Degeneres Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Genereux, Généreux, Generés and many more.

Early Notables of the Degeneres family

Louis Generés, a religious sculptor. His style is one of the best examples of baroque roussillonnais art which existed during the second half of the seventeenth century. Born into a family of sculptors and painters, Generés worked under Lazare Tremullas in Perpignan, before the annexation of Roussillon by France (1659). For Generés, the retable was a veritable monument built in the choir of...
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Migration of the Degeneres family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 160 individuals who arrived from French to Canadian shores between 1600 and 1900. Among them, Pierre Genereux was married in Champlain in 1699; Geneviè.

Contemporary Notables of the name Degeneres (post 1700) +

Ellen Lee DeGeneres (b. 1958), American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and producer, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016