Show ContentsChevrolet History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Chevrolet family

The surname Chevrolet was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy.

Early History of the Chevrolet family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chevrolet research. Another 127 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1263, 1272, 1310, 1400, 1492, 1574, 1575, 1590, 1627, 1721, 1725, 1760, 1794, 1807, 1835 and 1838 are included under the topic Early Chevrolet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Chevrolet Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Chevre, Lachèvre, Chèvre, Quièvre, Laquièvre, Cabre, Cabré, Chabre, Chevreau, Chevriaux, Chevrel, Chevret, Chevrey, Chevretot, Chevrot, Chevril, Chevreau, Chevreton, Chevreuil, Chevreul, Chevreuse, Chevrillon, Chevreux, Quevreux, Quiévreux, Chevrolier, Chevrollier, Chevrolet and many more.

Early Notables of the Chevrolet family

Notable amongst the family in this period was Louis Chevreuil, who was a missionary from Rennes in 1627; the Chevreuil family, which was of surgeons and doctors, had been established since the middle of the sixteenth century; Francois Chevrier was an intellectual in 1721; Francois-Charles Chevreuil was a politician in 1725; Jean-Meulan Chevre spent his entire career at the king's library; Etienne-Claude Chevreau...
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United States Chevrolet migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Chevrolet Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Francis H Chevrolet, who arrived in New York in 1851 1
  • Iules Chevrolet, aged 28, who landed in America, in 1893
  • Lina Chevrolet, aged 22, who immigrated to America, in 1893
  • Ferdinand Chevrolet, aged 40, who immigrated to the United States, in 1895
Chevrolet Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Louis Joseph Chevrolet, who landed in America in 1900 1
  • Louis Chevrolet, aged 23, who landed in America from Paris, in 1906

Contemporary Notables of the name Chevrolet (post 1700) +

  • Louis Chevrolet (1879-1941), Swiss/American racing driver and a co-founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company


  1. 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)


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