Carpentier History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The Carpentier family was an integral part of the history ancient France since it was derived from the northern, coastal region of Normandy. Carpentier was a name given to a wood worker or carpenter which is derived from the Old French word "carpentier," meaning someone who works with wood.

Early Origins of the Carpentier family

The surname Carpentier was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where this ancient family has held a family seat from very early times.

Early History of the Carpentier family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Carpentier research. Another 247 words (18 lines of text) covering the years 1586, 1620, 1623, 1627, 1643, 1659, 1702, 1704 and 1800 are included under the topic Early Carpentier History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Carpentier Spelling Variations

Throughout the course of history most surnames have undergone changes for many reasons. During the early development of the French language, a son and father may not have chosen to spell their name the same way. Many are simple spelling changes by a person who gave his name, phonetically, to a scribe, priest, or recorder. Many names held prefixes or suffixes which became optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, we have many spelling variations of this name, Carpentier some of which are Carpentier, Charpentier, Charpantier, Charpantier, de Charpentier, Charpentier, Carpentie, Carpentié, Carpentiais, Carpentiet, Carpantier, Carpantie, Carpantié, Garpentier, Garpentie, Garpentié, Garpentiais, Garpentiet, Garpantier, Garpantie, Garpantié, Carppentier, de Carpentier and many more.

Early Notables of the Carpentier family

Notable amongst the family in this period was

Pieter de Carpentier (1586-1659), a Flemish administrator of the Dutch East India Company, served as Governor-General (1623-1627)

Carpentier World Ranking

In the United States, the name Carpentier is the 10,524^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in Quebec, Canada, the name Carpentier is ranked the 506^th most popular surname. 2 And in France, the name Carpentier is the 120^th popular surname with an estimated 24,541 people with that name. 3

Carpentier migration to the United States +

France was active as a cultural leader in the early 16th century. One particular area in which they lead was the exploration of the New World. The explorers, like Jacques Cartier in 1534, led the way to North America. Champlain, in 1608, made the first of twenty voyages to France to attract settlers and brought the first migrant in 1617. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec, and the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name Carpentier has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Carpentier were

Carpentier Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Pierre Carpentier, aged 12, settled in Louisiana in 1719
Pierre Carpentier, aged 12, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 4

Carpentier migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Carpentier Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Claude Carpentier, son of Florent and Marie, who married Marguerite De Sainte-Foye, daughter of Pierre and Marie, in Quebec on 24th August 1671 5

Carpentier Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Alexis Carpentier, son of Claude and Marguerite, who married Marie Marien, daughter of Louis and Françoise, in Quebec on 26th April 1701 5
Jean-Baptiste Carpentier, son of Claude and Marguerite, who married Marie-Françoise Gentil, daughter of Denis and Marie, in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec on 18th April 1701 5
François Carpentier, son of Claude and Marguerite, who married Marie-Anne Béland, daughter of Jean and Geneviève, in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec on 17th January 1707 5
Antoine Carpentier, son of Claude and Marguerite, who married Marie-Thérèse Maillou, daughter of Joseph and Suzanne, in Quebec on 21st May 1708 5
Etienne Carpentier, son of Noel and Jeanne, who married Marie-Madeleine Rouillard, daughter of Mathieu and Jeanne, in Champlain, Quebec on 10th January 1714 5
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Contemporary Notables of the name Carpentier (post 1700) +

Sue Carpentier, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2008
Horace Walpole Carpentier (1824-1918), American politician, Mayor of Oakland, California, 1854-55; President of telegraph companies which developed a system of telegraph lines in California and connecting to the Eastern U.S. Philanthropist;
Frank Carpentier (b. 1840), American Democratic Party politician, Merchant; Member of Vermont State House of Representatives from Colchester, 1888
Charles Francis Carpentier (1896-1964), American Republican politician, Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Movie theater operator; Mayor of East Moline, Illinois, 1929-39; Member of Illinois State Senate 33rd District, 1939-53;
General Marcel-Maurice Carpentier (1895-1977), French Inspector-General of Infantry Commander in Chief NATO Central Europe (1956) 6
Alain Carpentier (b. 1933), French surgeon and co-winner of the 2007 Lasker Award for clinical medical research
Jules Carpentier (1851-1921), French engineer and designer of the submarine periscope
Georges Carpentier (1894-1975), World Champion French boxer awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Médaille Militaire for his service as an aviator during World War 1
Edouard Carpentier (1926-2010), Canadian professional wrestler who garnered several world championships in a career that spanned the 1950s into the 1970s
Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980), Cuban Prose writer, musicologist, and cultural historian awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1978) and the Medici Prize (1979)

Citations +

"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)
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 1, Institut Drouin, 1958.
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 3) Marcel-Maurice Carpentier. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Carpentier/Marcel-Maurice/France.html