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Early Origins of the Choin family

The surname Choin was first found in Touraine.

Early History of the Choin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Choin research. Another 85 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1411, 1419, 1523, 1593, 1622, 1669, 1702, 1744, 1747, 1767, 1775, 1777 and 1779 are included under the topic Early Choin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Choin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Choin, Chouin, Choine, Choisne, Choinet, Choiniere, Choinière, Choisnet, Choisnel, Choinard, Choisnard, Chouan, Chouanard, Chouard, Chouet, Chouette and many more.

Early Notables of the Choin family

Notable at this time was

  • the Chouard families of Guinimonière, Riardais, Porte Chouard, Bourbouseul, and Garoulaye were given noble status of ancient extraction in 1669. Marie-Emile de Joly de Choin was the daughter of Pierre...
  • the Chouard or Chouart line fixed in Hautout, Sahurs, Val de la Haye in the seventeenth century, is represented in Paris. Louis-Albert de Joly de Choin was bishop of Toulon in 1702. A student of the J...

Migration of the Choin family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 300 individuals of the lineage who arrived from France onto Canadian shores between 1600 and 1900. The Chouan family, originally from Paris, settled in Canada with Guillaume Chouan, born in 1732.


Contemporary Notables of the name Choin (post 1700) +

  • Louis Antoine Choin de Montgay, Baron de Montchoisy, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 1


  1. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 12) Louis Choin. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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