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Early Origins of the Chauvier family

The surname Chauvier was first found in Britanny (French: Bretagne). Cited in early times are Renaud Chauveau, who was named bishop of Châlons in 1351, and Audouin Chauveron, who held an important position in Paris in 1381.

The Chauvel family in Normandy maintained nobility in 1666 and the Chauvels of Martinière in Blésois (English: Blois) and Maine gave a treasurer from France to Bourges in 1642. The Nouëttes branch of the family gave Jérôme, a prosecutor of the bourgeois of Rennes who was ennobled in 1606, and two councilors to the Parliament of Brittany in 1672. 1

Early History of the Chauvier family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chauvier research. The years 1550, 1560, 1580, 1603, 1613, 1640, 1676, 1714, 1725, 1766, 1778, 1831, 1832, 1838, 1850, 1880, 1893 and 1939 are included under the topic Early Chauvier History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Chauvier Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Chauve, Chauveau, Chauvet, Choveau, Chovel, Chauvelin, Chauvelet, Chauvelon, Chauvelot, Chauvin, Chauvineau, Chovin, Chouvin, Chauvet, Chauvette, Chovet, Chouvet, Chauvard, Chauvaux, Chauvat, Chauvois, Chauvard, Chauvenet, Chauvillion, Chauvier, Chauveron, Chauvron and many more.

Early Notables of the Chauvier family

Notable amongst this name at this time was Urbain Chauveton, an evangelist in 1560; Antoine Chauveau was caretaker of the Abbey of S. Gervais, Paris in 1580; Francois Chauveau was a painter, drawer, and engraver in Paris in 1613; François Chauveau (1613-1676), a French painter and engraver; Henri-Philippe abbey of Chauvelin was councillor at the Parliament, abbey of Montieramay, and held an important role at the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris in 1714; Francois-Pierre-Alexandre Chauvel was a Baron and general in Honfleur in 1766; Bernard-Francois marquis of Chauvelin was a politician in Paris in 1766; Louis-Joseph Chauveau was colonel in Cretteville...
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Migration of the Chauvier family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 250 individuals of the lineage who arrived in Canada from France between 1600 and 1900. Among them were Charles Chauvin, who married in Montreal in 1663.



  1. Hozier, Charles D, and Antoine Bachelin-Delforenne. État présent De La Noblesse française (1883-1887): Contenant Le Distionnaire De La Noblesse Contemporaine Et Larmorial général De France, Dapres Les Manuscrits De Ch. D Hozier. Librairie Des Bibliophiles, 1884. Print.


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