Chapelais History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Chapelais

Noble surnames, such as Chapelais, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the French people. The original bearer of the name Chapelais, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Lorraine. In France, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The Chapelais family originally lived at the town of Paresse or Parez, in the Lorraine. Although one would at first assume that the name is derived from the city of Paris, evidence suggests that the names of both the town in the Lorraine and the French capital are derived from a Gaulish tribe called the Parisii.

Early Origins of the Chapelais family

Early History of the Chapelais family

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Chapelais Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Chapel, Chapelle, Chapleau, Chapeleau, Chaplod, Chapelod, Chaplot, Chapelot, Chaplaud, Chapelaud, Chaplauld, Chapelauld, Chaplaut, Chapelaut, Chaplault, Chapelault, Chaplaux, Chapelaux, Chaplaulx, Chapelaulx, Chaplet, Chapelet, Chaplay, Chapelay, Chapley, Chapeley, Chaplié, Chapelié, Chaplier, Chapelier, Chaplais and many more.

Early Notables of the Chapelais family

Antoine-Clément Chapelle (1774-1843), a general, who became a Baron in 1817; Jean-Jacques-Édouard Chapelié, a general engineer, who was born in Marseille in 1792, and who died in 1864; Paul-Aimé...
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Migration of the Chapelais family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Noel Chapeleau, who married Françoise Lamoureux in Boucherville in 1692; François-Mathurin Chapelet, the son of Christoph and Jeanne Rebour, of Plé.