Bacquart History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Bacquart

The Medieval culture once found in the northern region of France known as Normandy, is the soil from which the many generations of the Bacquart family have grown. The name Bacquart was given to a member of the family who was a pig farmer or pork butcher, as the name Bacquart was originally derived from the Old French word "bacun", which meant "pork". 1

Early Origins of the Bacquart family

Early History of the Bacquart family

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Bacquart Spelling Variations

One can encounter great variation in the spelling of French surnames; in part, as spelling, and the spelling names was not yet standardized during the early development of the written French language. Later, there was much branching and movement of families, and spellings would change according to region. Variations of the name Bacquart include Bacon, Bacou, Baconnier, Bacot, Bacquart, Baconet and many more.

Early Notables of the Bacquart family

a Bacon who was a Huguenot captain, recorded at his death in 1586. Jean-Jacques Bacon de la Chevalerie, born in 1731, was a brigadier. Luc-Joseph Bacon was named president of the municipal administration of Hersin...
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Migration of the Bacquart family

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec, in 1663 there were only 500, 2,000 migrants arrived during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. 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. Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 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 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many distinguished contributions have been made by members of this family name Bacquart. It has been prominent in the arts, religion, politics and culture in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Bacquart were 180 individuals who arrived from France onto Canadain shores between 1600 and 1900. The first Canadian family of this lineage was originally from the region of Caen, and settled in Canada with Gilles Bacon, who was the son of Etienne and Madeleine Fé.